Readers Pick From 'The Night The Canal Fed' By Opeyemi Peter Odeseyi.
'The Night' is now in Europe! https://wordsmithswriters.us/ Testimony: Hey Author The Night The Canal Fed In Lagos 2002 has stayed with me in a way I didn’t expect it doesn’t just tell a story, it lingers like smoke in the air long after the fire is out. From the very first lines, I felt like I wasn’t just reading about that night, I was standing in it. The way you describe the fire as if it were alive, breathing and hunting, made the entire tragedy feel almost mythic, like Lagos itself had turned against its own people. What struck me most is how personal this feels. It’s not distant history it’s memory. It’s fear filtered through a human heart. The image of parents running back into the flames for their children shattered me. That kind of love, that kind of instinct, placed against such chaos, says so much about the depth of humanity even in the face of horror. You didn’t just show destruction you showed devotion, grief, and the unbearable weight of survival. The canal al...
