Her Mama’s Love, My Own Shame

Amara’s world crashes when her mother publicly disgraces her for scoring just half a mark below perfection on New Year’s Eve. No matter how hard she tries, Mama only sees her flaws, turning every celebration into a punishment. Can Amara ever break free from her mother’s chokehold and find her own happiness, or will she always be the girl whose best is never enough?

Ifeoma’s secret crush on Seyi ended in public disgrace and heartbreak, but that pain was only the beginning. When tragedy snatches both her parents and poverty forces her to abandon her dreams, she’s left with nothing but memories and shame. Eight years later, hunted by Seyi’s mocking ghost and desperate for peace, she returns home—only to face a final choice between life, death, and the hope that someone, at last, will call her back from the edge.

Amina, the nameless daughter, has lived in the shadows—secretly carried each night to Oga Presido’s bed, never allowed a title or a place. When her hope for love is shattered, she’s forced into a humiliating marriage as junior wife to the very son of the man who owns her shame. Now, her secret threatens to explode, and every step she takes could destroy her family, her pride, and the only chance she has at freedom.

For seven years, Ifeoma gave Tunde Jinadu her loyalty, only to discover his heart still beats for another—and her sacrifice was just his debt to repay. When a hidden diary exposes years of secret disgust and old wounds, Ifeoma must decide: keep begging for crumbs, or finally choose herself? In a world where shame and love clash like market women, she walks away—dignity tied tight like wrapper, heart bleeding but free.

Ifeoma was my whole world, but in Awka's red-dust government school, even love dey get enemies. When my classmates and teachers decide say I no deserve her, dem push me to the shadows and hand her to my rival—on the very day I thought they’d all celebrate me. My mama’s tears and my own shame become the only gift I collect, while Ifeoma’s smile now belong to another—right in front of the whole school.

After years of sacrificing everything for her entitled daughter’s wild obsession with a pop artist, a single mother gets a rare second chance at life—and this time, she’s done being used. With her heart on the line and her freedom at stake, she decides to let her daughter face the real consequences of her choices, no matter how messy the fallout.

Ngozi’s life is full of scars—her papa’s fists, her mama’s heartbreak, classmates who use her name as an insult. When her only friend dies and hope collapses, she gambles her last five hundred naira on a street legend’s protection. But on these harsh Naija streets, survival means facing betrayal, violence, and family shame head-on. Will Ngozi’s stubborn spirit be enough to build her own fortress of hope, or will the city swallow her whole?

Ifeoma’s life is on the line—her first big project meeting in Abuja, but her stubborn mama won’t stop calling about a forgotten schoolbag. With her career, dignity, and family pride at stake, Ifeoma must survive public embarrassment, her boss’s warnings, and a mother who will do anything for her grandchild—even if it means hunting down her daughter’s oga. Can she hold her life together, or will family wahala destroy everything she’s worked for?

Mama Nnenna, cast out after twenty years of loyal palace service, faces betrayal and uncertainty as new king Obinna forgets their shared past. With dignity but a broken heart, she must survive outside palace walls, haunted by memories and small lies that once shielded her. What she chooses next could cost her everything—or give her a new family she never expected.

Nnenna thought marriage would bring peace, but her mother-in-law’s love comes with public shame and silent battles. When a single act of rebellion turns into a family war, secrets, insults, and old wounds spill out—until one shocking moment leaves the whole house stunned and no one innocent. In this home, respect is a weapon and pride is deadly; who will survive the next round?

On my mother’s wedding day, I was forced to call a stranger 'Daddy'—and his son nearly drowned me for it. Now, trapped in the Adekunle mansion, I am treated like an outcast, blamed for a death I did not cause, and forced to kneel before a stepbrother who would rather see me gone. I thought I was escaping poverty, but I entered a house where my suffering is the only thing truly mine.

Morayo risked her heart for Tunde, only to be mocked and abandoned in front of the whole school. Betrayed by her crush and haunted by cruel classmates, she battles loneliness, body shaming, and a new mysterious seatmate with secrets of his own. Will Morayo ever find the courage to love herself—or will her pain swallow her dreams forever?