REINCARNATED COMMODITY [Kindle Edition]

The novel Reincarnated Commodity by Raymond Ladebo may at first appear to be a
simple narrative about the prevalence of human trafficking particularly from West Africa and Europe, but on reflection represents a desperate call on developing countries to sensibly prioritize their development programs with the subsequent generations in full focus. This fascinating story reminds the reader of evils that inevitably evolve when the gap between the rich and the poor in any society becomes too grotesque. There is evil in a society where there exist a pervasive tendency to enslave children from poorer families by simple reason of their background, and especially in a society where the opportunity to climb out of poverty is obscured by absolute corruption and avarice. Something is seriously wrong when the governing elite consciously ignore the provision of affordable infrastructures that should enhance the training of its youths, particularly the female species who are naturally sucked into the tempting wholesale and self destructive survival option that is sex prostitution. In this particular story/situation, the political elite boldly convert the society's commonwealth into personal wealth while the community rots. This novel is silently powerful as a real indictment of the governing class that even among themselves confirm the unpardonable corruption among its security arm of government under whose nose the modern day slavery and human trafficking proliferate, and which is a testimony to the author's angst at the elite callous disregard of human lives particularly the Girl-Child miseries. The author rightly reminds the group of a similar inglorious past of four centuries earlier which gave the continent an unedifying seal as inferior race.
The author's use of African, Abiku-spirit child, folklore to tell his story is absolutely brilliant. The world is reminded of one of enduring human phenomenon that remains an enigma to modern medical sciences. There is something refreshing in Raymond Ladebo's effortless interweaving of African unique cultural beliefs, yet to be disproved by modern science, to deal with a shameful society's legacy.
This novel, Reincarnated Commodity, should be a useful tool in the hands of Non Governmental Organizations who are genuinely working tirelessly to put a stop to the shameful modern day slavery and human trafficking. In my humble opinion, this is an advocacy story that the United Nation Agencies ought to put on celluloid for mass viewing worldwide. In the meanwhile, I strongly recommend concerned people to read Reincarnated Commodity by Raymond Ladebo.