Ordinary people find, and fashion themselves into and within far-from-ordinary situations in The Widow Who Died with Flowers in Her Mouth. A beautiful woman’s half-naked body is discovered to the shock of her community; but is the killer one of her wealthy suitors? A plumber is treated to an in..
Set in southern Nigeria, Years of Shame tells the haunting tale of Patrice Ikebe, a man whose defiance and misplaced pride lead him to take the ukpa ji-ukpa nwa, a feared ritual oath of loss of wealth and children. The novel unravels the devastating ripple effects of this decision, spanning generati..