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The Sister Who Sold Akara

Ibadan 6 min23 October 2026

Funke fries akara by the roadside in Ibadan to pay her school fees. Her older sister Bukola is ashamed of her, marries a rich man, and knocks Funke's akara into the dust in front of the whole family. Years later, Bukola's husband loses everything, and she joins a long line of people asking for a job at a restaurant. She does not expect who she meets inside.

The lesson

Honest work is never shameful.

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Questions for this week's story

Ask your children these after watching.

  1. Why was Bukola ashamed of her sister's work?
  2. What did Funke do when the akara fell in the dust? What would you have done?
  3. Funke gave Bukola a job, but started her at the stand. Was that fair?

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