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In a show of love, loyalty and commitment he rejects the arranged wife to the disappointment of his mother and the community. Can his defiance succeed against all odds? Set in an Igbo village in Eastern Nigeria from the late 's to early 's and in the United States in the early 's, the author sympathetically handles the powerlessness of the widow in rural African societies and addresses with candor and sensitivity the problems of race, human sexuality, cultural disengagement and the role of love in blurring the "color line".

In them, characters descended from the old African Diaspora interrelate, and sometimes, interfuse with those of new African immigration to create exciting and challenging possibilities, and, sometimes, ambivalent or problematic situations. Of particular significance is the rhythmic flow of the narrative which initially moves at an even keel and ends at a palpitating pace.

The author uses it to stress the gradual but painful process necessitated by the creation of the new social order. Ben Igwe. He holds a Ph. The building was a one-story, all-wood bar and restaurant that had been there for as long as he could remember. That was until the lights went out, and all communication went down. For the first twenty-four hours it just seemed like a pain in the ass and then the cogs in his mind began turning and instead of seeing it as an inconvenience he began to look at it as an opportunity.

It all happened so quickly. Well, it had been over a day since his death and no one had been out asking questions. He shook his head, confused. That was just justice. Evening the score.