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Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

If you are a lover of books; fiction and non fiction especially those from African descent, I'm certain you must have come across the works of this famous Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche. Her works are always thought provoking, she writes the type of books that will make you question accepted societal beliefs. Zikora is a short story of a thirty nine year old woman who falls pregnant and is abandoned by the father of her child who was formerly in love with her.  We are introduced to the complicated life of Zikora as she lays on the hospital bed labouring to birth her baby. Through flashbacks, the story of her life prior to her pregnancy unfolds. She is a successful lawyer, an immigrant of Nigeria descent residing in America, who fell in love with a Ghanian lawyer Kwamme, they were so in sync with each other, shared same values and understood their individual culture; which were similar. Hence, it came as a big surprise to Zikora when her sweet, sophiscated boy friend aband