Lola Shoneyin’s book party is set to hold this Friday, December 17th.

(Press Release) -For a polagamist like Baba Segi, his collection of wives and a gaggle of children are the symbol of prosperity, success and validation of his manhood. Everything runs reasonably smoothly in the patriarchal home, until wife number four intrudes on this family romance.

Bolanle, a graduate amongst the semi-literate wives, is hated from the start. Baba Segi’s glee at bagging a graduate doesn’t help matters. Worse, Bolanle’s arrival threatens to do more than simply ruffle feathers. She’s unwittingly set to expose a secret that her co-wives intend to protect, at all costs.

Lola Shoneyin’s light and ironic touch exposes not only the rotten innards of Baba Segi’s polygamous household in this cleverly plotted story; it also shows how no matter how educated or semi-literate, women in contemporary Nigeria can be as restricted, controlled and damaged by men – be they fathers, husbands, uncles, rapists – as they’ve ever been.

Event Details: French Cultural Centre, 52 Libreville St, off Aminu Kano St, Wuse, Abuja – 6pm (register here for the event on Facebook)

Click here for more info about the book
Click here to read an extract [PDF]
To reserve your copy, call Kofo 0806 594 0184 or Silas 07041512690

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