Co-wives, Co-widows

Download or read book Co-wives, Co-widows written by Adrienne Yabouza and published by Dedalus Africa. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-Wives, Co-Widows is the first adult work of fiction from the Central African Republic to be translated into English. This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows of Lidou. Following their husband's sudden and unexplained death, they find themselves fighting tooth and nail for all that is important to them. A playful, bittersweet, story full of dry wit and local colour, set against a backdrop of political instability, corruption and the friction between the old and the new in Bangui in the Central African Republic.