The concubine african book

Concubine mm bookstrand bestselling erotic romance. Like amadis other books, it centers on traditional values in african. Rivalry, conflict and disunity are major themes, evidenced most strikingly by the land wrangle between madume and emenike over a shifted boundary. I like reading, especially the african novels but there is nothing compared to the concubine. The great ponds 1969, sunset in biafra 1973, the slave 1978 and estrangement 1986. The concubine has its setting in west africa and was published in 1966. Set in a remote village in eastern nigeria, an area yet to be affected by european values and where society is orderly and predictable, the story concerns a woman of great beauty and dignity who inadvertently brings suffering and death to all her lovers. His other books include sunset in biafra, peppersoup, the slave and. I read this fascinating novel for the africa reading challenge hosted by kinna. Amadis masterpiece of african literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel was first published in 1966 after which the author published a number of other literary works. Concubine is the book that grabs your attention from the first page and hold it right up to the last page.

Things fall apart african trilogy, book 1 chinua achebe. Amadi is a terrific writer as he took you to the superstitious african society. Weep not, child penguin african writers series book 3 ngugi wa thiongo. The concubine by elechi amadi is part of the neinemann african writers series. The concubine has been a recommended text in schools across africa. Oral aesthetics and cultural distillates in elechi amadis the concubine.

It tells the story of a beautiful woman, ihuoma, who is admired by all the men not only because she is beautiful but. According to wikpedia, amadis novels are generally about african village life, customs, beliefs and religious practices, as they were before contact with the western world and this is certainly true of the concubine. Like amadi s other books, it centers on traditional values in african society. The concubine african writers series paperback june 1, 1989 by elechi amadi author.

Two men locked in a struggle of love, passion, and harem intrigue. The concubine novel wikipedia the concubine is the debut novel by nigerian writer elechi amadi originally published in 1966 as part of the heinemann african writers series. On its publication in london by heinemann educational books, the concubine was hailed as a. Philosophy and socioeconomic anthropology for african liberation and governance. In general, however, this is a useful and interesting book, which moves the criticism of african literature towards a fuller appreciation of the artistry of its writers, and.

The concubine by elechi amadi, 1996, heinemann educational publishers edition, in english. Elechi amadis the concubine as an exemplum of an analytic category. Nevertheless, this was a very classic book and reflects the heritage of african culture. The concubine 1966 is one of his five novels, the others being the great ponds, the slave, isiburu and estrangement. The concubine is the debut novel by nigerian writer elechi amadi originally published in 1966 as part of the heinemann african writers series.