The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

from zibilee

Baba Segi lives in modern day Nigeria with his four wives and their children, but has recently become very bothered by the fact that his fourth wife Bolanle has not yet conceived. Bolanle, a shy and unassuming young woman, has her own reasons for marrying Baba Segi, reasons that overshadow her li...

from gchristianson

This book has been in my" to read" pile for sometime. I am not sure what made me less than excited to read it. Possibly the cover art and title implied that it would be a tedious folk story. I did pull it out of the pile because it was smaller than the rest and would fit in my luggage as I packed...

from MyneWhitman

I loved this style of narration, and the language employed by the author in the book. It is warm, lively, and sometimes, tongue in cheek. Lola Shoneyin is first a poet, and it shows in this novel. Her use of metaphors and similes were spare, but very fitting, and the imagery in most instances ver...

from lahochstetler

Set in Nigeria, this novel examines the jealousies and complexities of a polygamous family. The household of Baba Segi Alao, patriarch, three wives, many children, and a new arrival, a fourth wife, Bolanle. Bolanle is different, it seems to the other wives: young, well-educated, attractive, her p...

from brenzi

Baba Segi's motto goes something like this: why settle for one wife when four will do? And so he doesn't....settle, that is. His proudest achievement is his seven children, produced by wives one, two and three. But this fourth and youngest wife, the only one with a college degree, is apparently b...