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Through its deft negotiation of race, gender and cultural change, class, it dramatizes the ‘nervousness’ of the ‘postcolonial’ conditions that bedevil us still. In tambu and the women of her family, doing daily battle with our changing world with a mixture of tenacity, whether at home or displaced, we African women see ourselves, bewilderment and grace.
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This semi-autobiographical account is a perceptive testimony to the plight of educated and articulate Muslim women. Notes: brand new from publisher! 100% satisfaction guarantee. Addressed to a lifelong friend, Aissatou, it is a record of Ramatoulaye's emotional struggle for survival after her husband betrayed their marriage by taking a second wife.
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With pure honesty and subtle protest, Buchi Emecheta chronicles the unfair pressure and ultimate demise that women often suffer in Nigerian lore. The bride price is the poignant love story of Aku-nna, Chike, a young Igbo woman, and her teacher, the son of a prosperous former slave. Frustrated and abandoned by their people, Aku-naa and Chike escape to a modern world unlike any they've ever experienced.
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