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Co-Wives, Co-Widows
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.
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.
Book Details
- Publisher: Dedalus
- Publish Date: Aug 5th, 2022
- Pages: 124
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.70in - 4.90in - 0.50in - 0.35lb
- EAN: 9781912868773
- Categories: • Feminist• Women• Literary
About the Author
Yabouza, Adrienne: - Adrienne Yabouza was born in Central African Republic in 1965. After fleeing the civil war with her five children in 2013, she gained political asylum in France. She is self-educated, and did a variety of jobs before working as a hairdresser for many years. She now dedicates herself to writing fiction for adults and children, in Sango, Yakoma, Lingala and French. Co-épouses, co-veuves was published in Mali in 2016 and is her second novel for adults to be published in French.
Praise for this book
"It's a weighty topic in many ways, but Adrienne Yabouza writes so lightly and colourfully that this is a delight to read." -Alastair Mabbott in The Herald
"For a novel with a tragedy at its heart - Lidou's death - it is a very positive and upbeat story." -M.A.Orthofer in The Complete Review
"In a novel suffused with both humour and observations of venality, it is the friendship of the two women who had to share one man that becomes the most notable and unexpected aspect." -Declan O'Driscoll in The Irish Times