Title: When the Drums of Choice Shook the Market — An African Tale on Elections and the Economy
Title: When the Drums of Choice Shook the Market — An African Tale on Elections and the Economy In the heart of the land, when the season of drums returned, the air grew thick with noise. It was the time of choosing, when every village, every hut, every whisper turned into a debate. Elections, they called it — but the elders said it was more like a storm. Before the storm, the market was alive. Women sold maize with laughter, traders shouted prices over the scent of roasting groundnuts, and children ran between stalls chasing dreams as small as sweets. But once the drums began to beat, things changed. Prices rose like frightened birds. Farmers stopped planting — waiting to see who would lead. Traders hid their goods, fearing the roads would close. Even the fishermen said the river no longer smiled at them. The spirit of the Market gathered her skirts and sighed. “Every five years,” she said, “my children forget that I live on calm, not chaos.” One morning, an old storytelle...