Well, i know i'm far behind the schedule to post this. A lot going on this past may until mid June and it was tough yet exciting for me as i have finished my study and settled back in my home town till i realized it passed by way too fast.
The thing around your neck
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Genre: Short stories / fiction
Lesley Nneka Arimah has brought me to this book, "What it means when a man falls from the sky" that i read last couple months, made me falling in love on how pretty and appealing African literatures are. There are 12 stories in this book and although all stories stand on their own, i found all generally depict the battle of inner thought of human between the reality they encountered as most of them are narrated by the main character's perspective. The stories range from a life lesson in prison, the racial and sexual bias in the life of African women, a woman's thought dealing with the inevitable long distance marriage anxiety, the promising glamorous American dream in every African perspective vs the reality and others i just cant describe it all. My favorite story in this book called "A private experience". With the background of huge "religious" riot, one igbo christian woman and one hausa muslim woman bumped into each other, took a refuge in an abandoned store and ended up sharing about motherhood. I personally like the idea how peace can actually be achieved when we let ourselves to get to know each other better and treat each other as only human regardless of different background.
If you want to read good bold fictions, i really recommend you this book !
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