Description
Set in Nigeria’s North, this novel follows Filia, a young woman raised in a convent whose life is shaped—and repeatedly tested—by love, family pressure, and the fault lines of ethnic division. As Filia’s choices draw her into the orbit of her Northern husband, Dan Kaybi, the story widens into a vivid portrait of how tribalism and social hostility can fracture communities and turn ordinary lives into casualties. With a focus on the city’s temptations and the slow, unsettling unraveling of the unprepared, the book explores themes of identity, belonging, and the human cost of prejudice. Written in Cyprian Ekwensi’s socially alert, narrative-driven style, it balances personal tragedy with a broader warning about the destructive forces that can culminate in national crisis.
Available Editions
paperback
Spectrum Books
Published Jan 1, 2006
224 pages
ISBN: 9789782462725
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First Published
1966
Language
eng
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