After a violent clash between farmers and herders leaves her homeland in ruins, Kila loses everything. With nothing left but hope and a counterfeit promise of a better life in Amerika, she joins a group of desperate migrants led by the smooth-talking Kaba—only to realize too late that they’ve been duped. Their “passage” is a brutal gauntlet: across searing deserts, through storm-wracked seas, and into the hands of traffickers who trade in flesh and fear. As companions vanish into the sea, enslaved or subjected to unthinkable violence, Kila presses on—only to be trapped once again, this time by the COVID-19 pandemic that turns their stopover into a prison. With her body violated and her dreams shattered, Kila clings to a new, painful purpose: survive, for the child growing inside her. But what awaits her back home? Can she find redemption in a world that blames her for her scars? Will her husband, Jeff, and a patriarchal culture accept the child born of horror? Nkamanyang Lola’s Desperate Journeys is a harrowing story of survival, betrayal, and the unbreakable desire to reclaim a stolen future.