Overview
Region
West Africa
Nigeria
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Ada is an ogbanje — a spirit child in Igbo cosmology — and her multiplicity of selves inhabit her body and narrate her life. A devastating examination of identity, trauma, and Nigerian spiritual belief.
Literary Significance
Emezi identifies as nonbinary and ogbanje; the novel brings Igbo cosmology into conversation with Western psychology in an unprecedented way