The Nigerwife: A Novel
As with me, most people’s first reaction to this book will be to its title. To be clear, it does not use the infamous n-word but rather refers to Nigeria (pronounced with a soft-g, not a hard-g). Further, it is used in real life to describe a group of women in Lagos, Nigeria, who are foreign-born wives of Nigerian men living in Nigeria. As described in this book, they meet in an organized group and…
