{"product_id":"efuru-9781478611011","title":"Efuru","description":"\u003cp\u003eAppearing in 1966  Efuru was the first internationally published book  in English  by a Nigerian woman. Flora Nwapa (1931-1993) sets her story in a small village in colonial West Africa as she describes the youth  marriage  motherhood  and eventual personal epiphany of a young woman in rural Nigeria. The respected and beautiful protagonist  an independent-minded Ibo woman named Efuru  wishes to be a mother. Her eventual tragedy is that she is not able to marry or raise children successfully. Alone and childless  Efuru realizes she surely must have a higher calling and goes to the lake goddess of her tribe  Uhamiri  to discover the path she must follow. The work  a rich exploration of Nigerian village life and values  offers a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society as well as the struggles of a nation exploited by colonialism. Other titles by African writers from Waveland Press: Amadi  The Concubine (ISBN 9781478634607) Andreas  The Purple Violet of Oshaantu (ISBN 9781478634584) Ba  So Long a Letter (ISBN 9781577668060) Campbell  My Children Have Faces (ISBN 13 9781478635017) Head  The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales (ISBN 9781478607601) Head  Maru (ISBN 9781478607618) Head  A Question of Power (ISBN 9781478634690) Head  When Rain Clouds Gather (ISBN 9781478607595) Kubuitsile  The Scattering (ISBN 9781478634591) La Guma  In the Fog of the Seasons End (ISBN 9781478600251) pBitek  Song of Lawino \u0026amp; Song of Ocol (ISBN 9781478604723) Plaatje  Mhudi (ISBN 9781478609575) Rifaat  Distant Views of a Minaret and Other Short Stories (ISBN 9781478611288)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67923927138357,"sku":"ByrdShop_1478611014","price":34.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781478611011.jpg?v=1794119461","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/efuru-9781478611011","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}