Description
Set against the brutal backdrop of Nigeria’s civil war, this novel follows Reginald Nwankwo as he moves through a landscape of shifting loyalties and dangerous checkpoints. His journey brings him into contact with young men and women drawn into the conflict, including a girl whose presence reveals how war reshapes childhood, identity, and courage. Through Nwankwo’s encounters, the story explores the parallel “adventures” of ordinary life and extraordinary survival—showing how determination, fear, and moral choice collide when the future is uncertain. Achebe’s clear, human-centered storytelling captures the war’s intimate impact, turning a tense, high-stakes setting into a meditation on resilience, agency, and the cost of belonging to a cause.
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paperback
Fawcett
Published Jan 1, 1972
140 pages
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Details
First Published
1972
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Girls at War by Chinua Achebe.