“Awon amojo e nko?” (Where are your rainstoppers?), I asked Sunny. “Won wa nbi,”(They are here already), he replied. “Sunny had arranged for rainstoppers who were up to the task. I believed him because I was aware that most musicians in Nigeria, even stage performers, engaged the services of diviners to either help them prevent rain from disrupting their shows, or help them to draw fans to their shows. (In Africa, rainstoppers exist and are often patronised by celebrities or event planners) “When the weather suddenly changed from warm to frightening cloud that evening, I became agitated. Again, Sunny calmed me down and
pointed to some men, about three or four of them, in a corner. From afar, I saw them dancing around the fire that they lit.