Under the Udala Trees
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Ijeoma, a young Nigerian girl displaced during their civil war, begins a powerful love affair with another refugee girl from a different ethnic community. When the pair are discovered, they must learn the cost of living a lie amidst taboos and prejudices. Even as her nation contends with and recovers from the effects of war and division, Ijeoma seeks a glimmer of hope for a future where a woman might just be able to shape her life around truth and love.
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What it means to grow up and discover you have feelings for other girls in deeply religious Nigeria where all homosexuality is punished by stoning. I really enjoyed this one. The storytelling was vivid and engrossing.
