“The Other Side of Truth” is the story of two Nigerian children, Sade and

Femi, who are sent to London as refugees. The story includes real-life political
events that had happened in Nigeria, including the execution of the infamous
poet Ken Saro-Wiwa. Like Saro-Wiwa, the father in the story angered the
Nigerian authorities by criticizing them through his powerful writing.

The story starts with a traumatic and heartbreaking opening which is

Sade’s memory of hearing the two shots which ended her mother's life. And
that memory itself recurs throughout the novel in her thoughts and dreams.
Her memories of Nigeria was so much in contrast with her new experiences in
England.

After the shooting, Sade's Uncle Tunde urges her dad to send her and
her 10-year-old sibling Femi to security in Britain. They are compelled to pack
and leave all of a sudden and covertly. They fly to London acting like the
offspring of a more abnormal, Mrs Bankole, so they can go on her visa. At the
point when their Uncle Dele neglects to gather them at the air terminal, Mrs
Bankole forsakes them at a café close to Victoria Station. Cash less and
forsaken, they meander the boulevards searching for the art school where
their uncle works. They discover asylum in a video store, however the
proprietor calls the police, trusting them to be vandals. Therefore they go to
the consideration of the specialists.

Stressed to come clean in the event that it imperils their dad, Sade takes
shelter peacefully and later in misleading statements. The youngsters are
encouraged first by Mrs Graham and her discourteous and mean child Kevin
and later by the Lords, a Jamaican couple whose kids have grown up and left.
They are sent to various schools. Sade is sent to Avon School where she meets
a young lady from Somalia, called Mariam whose story is like Sade's. Marcia
and Donna the Harassers from school treat Sade seriously, putting pressure on
her to take a turquoise lighter from Mariam's uncle's store. Femi goes to
Greenslades Elementary School. They become hesitant with one another.

It later rises that her stressed dad has entered Britain wrongfully to
search for them yet has been captured. Quite possibly he will be ousted to
confront unavoidable passing in Nigeria, particularly as the Nigerian police
guarantee he is needed for his significant other's homicide. Despite the fact
that Iyawo Jenny and Mr Nathan attempt their hardest to assist Sade's with
fathering however things are not working out. Sade conquers the solidifying
night to address "Mr. Seven O'Clock", the commentator whom she has seen on
TV, to carry her dad's story to the consideration of the English open. The story
closes with her dad's discharge for Christmas, however refuge presently can't
seem to be conceded. They trust one day they can return securely to Nigeria.
Sade misses her grandma and her previous life.