The Slave Girl

This novel by Buchi Emecheta is a straightforward story of a girl's life in Nigeria in the early 20th century. It's simply told, in a manner reminiscent of a children's story. It's not a subtle tale - the idea is that being a woman is being a slave, no matter what the legal status - but it's interesting in the details of life there, from the village to the town to the slowly emerging middle class. The foreign influences through trade, war, and religion are also well-covered. It's an interesting tale, not from a literary point of view particularly, but in the details it covers.