Ochei Innocent

Why Allen Crape's Father Took Him to Court Ochei Innocent

ABOUT THIS BOOK This illustrated book is about a boy called Allen Crape. He lives in a community in West Africa with his aged parents. In this place, only a handful goes to school. The rest follow their parents to farm, hawk food items on the street or help their mothers in the kitchen. Allen Crape's father is a stark illiterate. One day, the father forces his son to use a sentence the father had overheard somewhere on him without knowing the meaning of the word!Unfortunately a passerby overhears them and compels the father to take his son to court for insulting him. Should a parent take his child to court? Did his father not love him? Should a juvenile be taken to a court for adults? What sort of court accepts such a case? How did the judge handle the case?These and other questions are answered in this story.