Fiction2010

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Lola Shoneyin
Themes:
Overview
Region

West Africa

Nigeria

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

About This Work

When Baba Segi takes a fourth wife, an educated woman who upsets the household's balance, the secrets of all the wives are put at risk. A sharp, funny, feminist novel about polygamy in contemporary Nigeria.

Literary Significance

Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; one of the wittiest and most feminist Nigerian novels

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