The Stillborn (Longman African Classics)

By Zaynab Alkali

Book Overview

Considered a milestone in African literature: this is the first novel from a woman writer with a Muslim background. It tells of a young woman's experiences in the recurring conflict between traditional and modern values in Africa today, reflecting the author's belief that women should strive to fulfil their potential. colleges and universities and is prescribed O level study for West African Examinations Council English papers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582026571
• ISBN13: 9780582026575
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Not Avail
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An often sad yet lovely book

I was assigned to read this book as part of my secondary school education, and though I wasn't taken by it at first, I eventually did. Zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn is a novel that takes the reader not only into the lives of three Nigerian women but it also have a universal theme in its locality which is simply that life often doesn't turn out the way we want and in the end it is how we face it that counts. I highly recommend this novel.