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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

By: Rotimi Babatunde

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The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives

By: Rotimi Babatunde

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is a scandalous, engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern-day Nigeria. Lola Shoneyin's bestselling novel bursts on to the stage in a vivid adaptation by Caine Award-winning playwright Rotimi Babatunde. “Men are like yam, you cut them how you like.” Baba Segi has three wives, seven children, and a mansion filled with riches. But now he has his eyes on Bolanle, a young university graduate wise to life's misfortunes. When Bolanle responds to Baba Segi's advances, she unwittingly uncovers a secret which threatens to rock his patriarchal household to the core.

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178682552X

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9781786825520

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

By: Lola Shoneyin

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By: Lola Shoneyin

Coming soon to Netflix When Baba Segi awoke with a bellyache for the sixth day in a row, he knew it was time to do something drastic about his fourth wife's childlessness. 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. She only wants to escape to a quiet life, but the others disapprove of the newest, youngest, cleverest addition to the family. Treated with respect by her husband, she is viewed with suspicion by her seniors - who fear she may unlock their well-guarded secret. Through the voices of Baba Segi and his four wives, Lola Shoneyin weaves a vibrant story of love, secrets and a family like every other - happy and unhappy, truthful and not, sometimes kind, sometimes competitive, always bound by blood, and the past.

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313

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Profile Books

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1847652352

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9781847652355

Democracy

Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters

By: Margaret Atwood,Mary Beard,Erica Benner,Kaja Kallas,Aditi Mittal,Vjosa Osmani,Adela Raz,Elif Shafak,Lola Shoneyin,Yuan Yang,Lea Ypi

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Democracy

Eleven writers and leaders on what it is – and why it matters

By: Margaret Atwood,Mary Beard,Erica Benner,Kaja Kallas,Aditi Mittal,Vjosa Osmani,Adela Raz,Elif Shafak,Lola Shoneyin,Yuan Yang,Lea Ypi

This is an exceptional moment for democracy. In the year of elections, read Margaret Atwood, Mary Beard, Lea Ypi, Elif Shafak and more on what democracy means - and why it matters. In 2024, nearly half the world will take part in a national election, with billions heading to the polls. It's a thrilling, unprecedented opportunity for change - yet democracy is also under threat. Women are at the forefront of the fight for democratic rights, as well as being the most vulnerable when those rights disappear. Here, eleven extraordinary women - leaders, philosophers, historians, writers and activists - explore democracy's power to uplift our societies. Between its ancient origins and its modern challenges, they chare a vision for a better future - one we can build together.

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1805223720

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Nostalgia is an Extreme Sport: An essay from the collection, Of This Our Country

By: Lola Shoneyin

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Nostalgia is an Extreme Sport: An essay from the collection, Of This Our Country

By: Lola Shoneyin

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images.

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