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Igala women
"Believing in beliefs and myths to last a lifetime and assuming no change is a good change, Igala Women spreads the message that not all things heard are true and giving change a chance is a fulfillment to open achievements."
- Catherine Mellen.
Little regard is given to women from what is perceived to be the acceptable demeanor of a man in the heart of a village in the Northern Parts of Nigerian. Aduke, Ajifa, and Iye Rekiye who represents a huge chunk of women who desire freedom from silence, domestic violence, emotional trauma and abuse, fight dearly for it after discovering that all they believed to be true culture may as well as be regarded as untrue and fake.
This comes to them after weighing what they have to suffer and bear just so they don't be punished by the gods of the land. They are angry. They want freedom from it all and the only way this can be achieved is by taking the bull by its dreary horn without looking back.
- Catherine Mellen.
Little regard is given to women from what is perceived to be the acceptable demeanor of a man in the heart of a village in the Northern Parts of Nigerian. Aduke, Ajifa, and Iye Rekiye who represents a huge chunk of women who desire freedom from silence, domestic violence, emotional trauma and abuse, fight dearly for it after discovering that all they believed to be true culture may as well as be regarded as untrue and fake.
This comes to them after weighing what they have to suffer and bear just so they don't be punished by the gods of the land. They are angry. They want freedom from it all and the only way this can be achieved is by taking the bull by its dreary horn without looking back.
117 pages, Paperback
First published October 16, 2021
About the author
Abuh Monday Eneojo
10 books13 followersMonday is a Nigerian poet, podcaster, teacher and blogger. Born in 1995, Ilorin, Nigeria. He expresses in words his thoughts in his poems which talks about things that affects him. Things like solitude, family, life, fame, love and a whole lot of other things that can affect a young adult male. His poems have been aired on national TV in his country, Nigeria.
Author of The World Within, Piary: Diary of a pensive poet, and Pieces of the confluence. Published in 2018 and 2020 respectively. He looks forward to sharing more of his anthologies and fiction in the future.
New release: Igala Women. His first play that highlights the tale of women suffering in the hands of men and the culture they made. It is now available in Kindle and Paperback.
Follow Monday on goodreads for updates.
Author of The World Within, Piary: Diary of a pensive poet, and Pieces of the confluence. Published in 2018 and 2020 respectively. He looks forward to sharing more of his anthologies and fiction in the future.
New release: Igala Women. His first play that highlights the tale of women suffering in the hands of men and the culture they made. It is now available in Kindle and Paperback.
Follow Monday on goodreads for updates.
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November 16, 2021
What we have here is a play set in a remote Nigerian village and a wife and mother Aduke who gives birth to a third daughter much to the disgust of her big headed husband Jibril who longs for a son.
This is an illustrious piece about life in rural Africa and the struggles villagers face in everyday life. It also strongly leans towards how masculinity dominates the village and the lives of the women. Jibril's ageing but wise Auntie Iye Rekiye is a significant character always offering support and comfort to the other women.
I was thoroughly moved by this play, the verses are magnificent. Monday Eneojo is himself Nigerian and I have learned a lot from this with the incredible journey that his people go through. Worlds apart from my western lifestyle. At the end of the day the characters have to toughen up to face life and take it on the chin. A must read.
"Haven’t you heard that a hen who wails much when the hawk takes its chick should be ignored and the silent one feared."
This is an illustrious piece about life in rural Africa and the struggles villagers face in everyday life. It also strongly leans towards how masculinity dominates the village and the lives of the women. Jibril's ageing but wise Auntie Iye Rekiye is a significant character always offering support and comfort to the other women.
I was thoroughly moved by this play, the verses are magnificent. Monday Eneojo is himself Nigerian and I have learned a lot from this with the incredible journey that his people go through. Worlds apart from my western lifestyle. At the end of the day the characters have to toughen up to face life and take it on the chin. A must read.
"Haven’t you heard that a hen who wails much when the hawk takes its chick should be ignored and the silent one feared."
January 30, 2022
Written in play form, this great story show the great strength of women. How they endure abuse and many other things and rise above it.
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