[NIGERIA STORY] 

Based on a real life story but was written in a fictionalized mode cuz I'm not given a strict instruction to post the story on Wattpad 

She's not your typical Lagos girl.
Her name is Rhema "Night" Owolabi, born in the slums of Ajegunle but with a voice so powerful it could raise the dead or start a revolution.

She disappears at age 14 after a brutal incident no one talks about. When she returns at 20, she's changed: tattooed, cold, singing songs too real for radio.

She starts dropping songs exposing pastors, politicians, police brutality, and even sexual abuse in the music industry. Her lyrics are coded, but those who know, know.

She becomes viral in the underground, but hated by the powerful. She's hunted, blacklisted, labeled a cultist, called possessed.




Her abuse in the church as a child singer

A cult group that tried to silence her permanently

A female gang that protects her in the streets

A young journalist trying to uncover her story who may be in love with her or trying to betray her

Her battle with mental health PTSD, rage, depression but music is her only therapy

This story contains graphic themes including sexual abuse, violence, religious trauma, mental health struggles, and social injustice, particularly within the Nigerian context.


While Blackout Anthem is a work of fiction, it is inspired by the realities and lived experiences of many girls and women who have been silenced by systems meant to protect them.


This story is not intended to promote hate, trauma, or disrespect toward any group, religion, or institution. Instead, it seeks to create awareness, provoke critical conversations, and give a voice to the unheard.


If you are sensitive to topics like abuse or trauma, please proceed with care.


And if you've ever been through anything similar,


You are not alone. You are not broken. You are not your scars.


Awareness