Description
In Lagos and the eastern village of Ogabu, a young woman’s search for her true mother becomes a painful journey through love, identity, and the complicated bonds of family. Moving between work, survival, and shifting relationships, she tries to remake her life—only to find that the past follows her into every new beginning. Set against the social turbulence of the 1950s and the years leading toward Nigerian independence, the novel weaves intimate domestic realities with the wider pressures of a rapidly changing society. With Cyprian Ekwensi’s vivid, popular idiom and his sharp eye for urban life, the story blends trauma and resilience with themes of belonging, morality, and the cost of desire.
Available Editions
paperback
Spectrum Books
Published Jan 1, 2005
256 pages
ISBN: 9789782460431
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Details
First Published
1985
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Jagua Nana's Daughter by Cyprian Ekwensi.