Research Catalog

Title

Jollof Rice and other revolutions : a novel in interlocking stories / Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi.

Author

Ogunyemi, Omolola

Publication

• New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
• ©2022

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Details

Description

238 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"Moving between Nigeria and America, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take to control their destinies. Students at an all-girls boarding school, Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable sisterhood that is tempered during a school rebellion, an uprising with repercussions that will forever reverberate through their lives. The children of well-to-do families, these young women have been raised with a thirst for independence, believing a university education is their right--a legacy of ambition and hope inherited from their foremothers. Leaving school and adolescence behind, the women grapple with the unexpected possibilities--and limitations--of adulthood and the uncertainties of the world within and outside of Nigeria. A trip to Ghana opens Nonso's eyes to the lasting impact of the transatlantic slave trade, she falls in love with an African American, and makes a new home in the United States. Remi meets Segun, a dynamic man of Nigerian descent from Yonkers whose own traumatic struggles and support gives her the strength to confront painful family wounds. Aisha's overwhelming sense of guilt haunts her, influencing career and relationship decisions until she sees a chance to save her son's life and, through her sacrifice, redefine her own. Revolving around loss, belonging, family, friendship, alienation, and silence, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a moving, multifaceted portrait of lives shaped by hope and sorrow--of women who must contend with the ever-present and unsettling notion that moving forward in time isn't necessarily progress." --

Subject

• Nigerians > United States > Fiction
• Women > Fiction
• Boarding school students > Fiction
• Nigerians
• Women
• Boarding school students
• Gender identity
• Nigeria > Fiction
• Nigeria
• United States

Genre/Form

• School fiction.
• Fiction.
• Short stories.

Contents

Fodo's better half -- Jollof rice and revolutions -- Reflections from the hood of a car -- Guardian angel of Elmina -- Goody goody -- Czekolada -- Last stop, Jibowu -- Start your savings account today -- Area boy rescue -- messengerRNA.

Call Number

Sc D 23-484

ISBN

• 9780063117044
• 0063117045

OCLC

1334494902

Author

Ogunyemi, Omolola, author.

Title

Jollof Rice and other revolutions : a novel in interlocking stories / Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi.

Publisher

New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc D 23-484