Ukamaka Olisakwe Archives - Essex Book Festival https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/tag/ukamaka-olisakwe/ 31 May -30 June 2024 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 16:21:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 Essex Book Festival (UK) in partnership with Roving Heights Book Club (Nigeria) presents Ukamaka Olisakwe https://essexbookfestival.org.uk/event/essex-book-festival-in-partnership-with-roving-heights-book-club-presents-ukamata-olisakwe/ Sat, 17 Apr 2021 18:00:00 +0000 http://essexbookfestival.org.uk/?post_type=tribe_events&p=5161 A modern feminist classic in the making from a rising star of the Nigerian literature scene
Ogadinma or, Everything Will be All Right tells the story of the naive and trusting Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria's societal expectations in the 1980s.
After a rape and unwanted pregnancy leave her exiled from her family in Kano, thwarting her plans to go to university, she is sent to her aunt's in Lagos and pressured into a marriage with an older man.
As their whirlwind romance descends into abuse and indignity, Ogadinma is forced to channel her independence and resourcefulness to escape a fate which appears all but inevitable.
Ogadinma, the UK debut by Ukamaka Olisakwe, introduces a heroine for whom it is impossible not to root, and announces the author as a gifted chronicler of the patriarchal experience.
Publisher: The Indigo Press
ISBN: 9781911648161

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]]> Join us as Ukamaka, author of Ogadinma shares more insights into her book – Ogadinma; or everything will be alright. 

Described as a modern feminist classic, the book tells the story of the naïve and trusting teenager Ogadinma as she battles against Nigeria’s societal expectations in the 1980s, a time of coups, food shortages and religious extremism. 

With so many societal and cultural issues laced in this book, you will be enthralled by the exceptional character of Ogadinma.  

The book is beautiful but yet heartbreaking, it will leave you emotionally raw after reading this. 

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