Habiba / Razinat T. Mohammed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mohammed, Razinat T., author.

Series:

Fiction (Ibadan, Nigeria)

Fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forced marriage--Fiction.

Forced marriage.

Mothers and sons--Fiction.

Mothers and sons.

Girls--Nigeria--Social conditions--Fiction.

Girls.

Nigeria--Fiction.

Nigeria.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ibadan, Nigeria : Kraft Books Limited, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is believed that even silence will whisper when pushed to the wall. Saleh�s love and respect for his mother, Hamsatu, is not only detrimental to his own life but also injurious to his family life. Hamsatu makes all the decisions in his life. She becomes despotic and decides who her son should marry and the type of children his wife should bear. Habiba is just thirteen when her grandmother, Hamsatu brings in a suitor, Zubairu, a contemporary of her late husband. Although Saleh wishes to send all his children to school, a rainstorm renders him hopeless as his mother takes ill and eventually dies. After his mother�s death, Saleh�s bankruptcy compels him to take a loan from the elderly Zubairu on condition that failing to repay the loan means handing his daughter, Habiba, in marriage to Zubairu. Habiba is helpless, as it turns out that she is not just paying for the wrongs of her father but has to carry the responsibility of his abandoned wife and children by remaining married to Zubairu who is willing to assist them as long as she plays his game. Radiant Mohammed brings to the fore the socio-cultural plight and challenges that bedevil impoverished northern Nigerian families and compel parents to scuttle their children�s educational ambitions at very tender ages in favour of marriage. Consistently, Mohammed nails the dilemma of the young Habiba between loving and hating the adults in her life that have caused her pain, and the desire to avenge her lost youth and ambitions.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Early Life; A Change; A Family; A Suitor; The Asking; Commitment; The Storm; After the Storm; The Hospital; Madagali; The Old Woman; Changes; Mallam Zubairu; The First Step; A Decision; The Marriage; Saleh; Mother Nature; Back cover

Notes:

"Kraftgriots."

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789789182671

9789182678

OCLC:

933516622