"Everything Good Will Come"
Nigerian-born Sefi Atta, with insight and a lyrical wisdom, has written a powerful and eloquent story set in her African homeland. It is 1971, a year after the Biafran War, and Nigeria is under military rule--- though the politics of the state matter less than those of her home to Enitan Taiwo, an eleven-year-old girl tired of waiting for school to start. Will her mother, who has become deeply religious since the death of Enitan¹s brother, allow her friendship with the new girl next door, the brash and beautiful Sheri Bakare? This novel charts the fate of these two African girls; one who is prepared to manipulate the traditional system and one who attempts to defy it. We hope you can join us for this introduction of an important new voice in contemporary fiction.
Brought to you by Naija (Nigerian Students Association at Stanford).