Arduous Task (My African short stories - 1)

This is the first of my African short stories. It tells the story of the inner workings of a truth and reconciliation committee, when a man charged with hacking a baby in half (and admittedly guilty) is forced to confront the mother of the baby in an effort to seek reconciliation and forgiveness. A story of moral relativity and the degrees of guilt in us all. It emphasizes the African village setting, and the author aptly compares the hands-on village justice system with the Western distancing system of prosecutor vs. defendant's lawyer.