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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's WivesTo the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a great prize, but even graduates must produce children and her husband's persistent bellyache is a sign that things are not as they should be.
Full description- Publisher: Serpent's Tail
- Published: 01 June 2011
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9781846687495 ISBN 10: 1846687497
- Sales rank: 57,688
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Full description for The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
To the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a great prize, but even graduates must produce children and her husband's persistent bellyache is a sign that things are not as they should be. Bolanle is too educated for the 'white garment conmen' Baba Segi would usually go to for fertility advice, so he takes her to hospital to discover the cause of her barrenness. Weaving the voices of Baba Segi and his four competing wives into a portrait of a clamorous household of twelve, Lola Shoneyin evokes an extraordinary Nigerian family in splashes of vibrant colour.
