In the Collection, Talkville City Metered Taxis Inc., Dr. James Jijide use modern African urban superstition and legends to search and get to the mind, soul, and motives which drive human behavior and relationships and out of which emerge virtue and vice, greed and generosity. Humans, animals, nature and unnatural forces are the protagonists and antagonists in murder, fetichism, human parts trade, drugs, human trafficking, violence, adultery, deceipt, ghosts, witchcraft, blackmail, and animal sacrifice. Through the stories, the Collection brings men and women face to face with the invisible, powerful and mysterious forces of nature and thereby exposing man's vulnerability and fragility when confronted by angry forces of the universe after man has intentionally provoked them. Finally, in Talkville City Metered Taxis Inc., Dr. James Jijide, shows that amidst the havoc, chaos, tragedy and tears in men's affairs, there is always an occasion for salvation and an opportunity for laughing.

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