West Africa
Nigeria
Contemporary
English
Fiction
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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editorial-summarynot primary textWhen 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. Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist; one of the wittiest and most feminist Nigerian novels
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