Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls. When their love is discovered, Ijeoma learns that she will have to hide this part of herself. But there is a cost to living inside a lie. As Edwidge Danticat has made personal the legacy of Haiti’s political coming of age, Okparanta’s Under the Udala Trees uses one woman’s lifetime to examine the ways in which Nigerians continue to struggle toward selfhood. Even as their nation contends with and recovers from the effects of war and division, Nigerian lives are also wrecked and lost from taboo and prejudice. This story offers a glimmer of hope — a future where a woman might just be able to shape her life around truth and love.
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African print, Covers
Snood Scarf
A snood scarf giving you the best of two worlds. With an African print on one side for a funky and colourful pattern and a soft fleece on the other for comfort and warmth. Get winter ready with this versatile scarf. You can wear it in many ways; on the fleece side, the fabric side, as one loop, as two loops. You choose your own style! There are so many ways to twist and shape it and it looks different everytime. A funky Ankara snood scarf made in a bold African wax print fabric will have you looking funky in the cold winter months.
SKU: AHW10049