Bibliograph

Under the udala trees, a novel, Chinelo Okparanta

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Under the udala trees, a novel, Chinelo Okparanta

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Under the udala trees

Responsibility statement

Chinelo Okparanta

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, "Under the Udala Trees"is adeeply searching, powerful debut about the dangers of living and loving openly. Ijeoma comes of age as her nation does; born before independence, she is eleven when civil war breaks out in the young republic of Nigeria. Sent away to safety, she meets another displaced child and they, star-crossed, fall in love. They are from different ethnic communities. They are also both girls. When their love is discovered, Ijeoma learns that she will have to hide this part of herself. But there is a cost to living inside a lie

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