This is supposed to be the first novel written by an African. It is
the story of a Liberian princess, the daughter of a reputable leader.
After her father’s death her mother gives her out in marriage at 4
years. She grows up with a mind of her own and wants nothing to do with
the ugly old man with many wives who wants her as his next wife. She has
fallen in love with a guy her age, and to avoid being taken by the old
man runs away with her closest friend.
As
they run from town to town, village to village, they are faced with the
same custom that placed women at a level not higher than cows. They are
eventually captured in the end, but jump into a river to die rather
than go back and be forced to live a life they despise.
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