Altar of Tradition
- Format: Paperback
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At the moment, we only deliver to customers in Ibadan and Abuja. If you will like to have books delivered to you anywhere else in Nigeria, please visit our konga store to make your order.Altar of Tradition is a collection of ten stories told in seamlessly woven prose. They explore a myriad of themes such as love, loss, sexual abuse and the shackles of tradition in the face of modernity.
There is a story about a young girl whose life takes a traumatic turn after being a victim of sexual assault; another about a community who are forced out of their homes on Christmas eve by a horde of blood thirsty, gun wielding assailants, and another about a widow who has to swear before an ancient shrine to prove her innocence in her husband's death. When her detractors start to fall ill shortly after, people begin to wonder, could it be justice of the gods or something more sinister at work?
For Baba Segi, his collection of wives and children are signs of his virility. All runs smoothly in the polygamous home until wife number four arrives. Bolanle is a suit-spoken university graduate who is quickly ostracised by her illiterate co-wives. However, she is determined to give Baba Segi the children he expects. Her failure to conceive exposes a dark family secret. This revelation has devas..
