![]() ![]() “This fierce young woman's struggle for independence in a city that is way out of step with the time-honoured traditions of the rural village in which she grew up is vivid, witty and utterly absorbing.” DAILY MAIL Now she must balance the often conflicting roles of wife, daughter, niece and sister-in-law, without losing sight of herself.īursting with warmth and humour, His Only Wife is a witty, smart and moving comedy-of-manners about the search for independence, and the rules that might have to be broken along the way. But when Afi arrives in Accra, she realises that her fairy-tale ending might not be all that she'd hoped for. She barely knows Elikem, but that seems a small price to pay for a marriage that could offer her family financial security, as well as the key to the glitzy city lifestyle she's always wanted. ![]() ![]() Until, that is, she is offered a life-changing opportunity – a proposal of marriage from the wealthy family of Elikem Ganyo. Afi's future doesn't seem to hold much excitement. 'Elikem married me in absentia he did not come to our wedding.'Īfi Tekple is a young seamstress living in a small town in Ghana with her widowed mother. An Observer, Time Magazine amp New York Times Book of the Year ![]()
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