An edition of Niketche
(2002)
The first wife
a tale of polygamy
First Archipelago books edition.
by Paulina Chiziane, Paulina Chizane, and Paulina Chiziane
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In this, a ground-breaking publication in the canon of non-Western women's literary history, Paulina Chiziani -- the first woman from Mozambique ever to publish a novel -- lifts the lid on her country's values and its hypocracies. After 20 years of marriage, Rami discovers that her husband has been living a double -- or rather, a quintuple -- life. After Tony is forced to marry the four other women -- as well as an additional lover -- according to polygamist custom, the rival lovers join together to declare their voices and demand their rights.
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Polygamy, Fiction, Fiction, general, African fictionPlaces
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The first wife: a tale of polygamy
2016
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- First Archipelago books edition.
0914671480 9780914671480
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Translated from the Portuguese.
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