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02159aam a2200361 i 4500 001 38696EC6447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221005010052 008 220830s2022 nyu 000 1 eng d 010 $a bl2022027512 020 $a 0063117045 020 $a 9780063117044 040 $a NjBwBT $b eng $c NjBwBT $e rda $d GCmBT $d NjBwBT $d SILO 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23/eng/20220830 100 1 $a Ogunyemi, Omolola, $e author. 245 10 $a Jollof rice and other revolutions : $b a novel in interlocking stories / $c Omolola Ijeoma Ogunyemi. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, $c [2022] 300 $a 238 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Moving between Nigeria and America, Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions is a window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take to control their destinies. Students at an all-girls boarding school, Nonso, Remi, Aisha, and Solape forge an unbreakable sisterhood that is tempered during a school rebellion, an uprising with repercussions that will forever reverberate through their lives. The children of well-to-do families, these young women havebeen raised with a thirst for independence, believing a university education is their right--a legacy of ambition and hope inherited from their foremothers. Leaving school and adolescence behind, the women grapple with the unexpected possibilities--and limitations--of adulthood and the uncertainties of the world within and outside of Nigeria"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Women $z Nigeria $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Boarding school students $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Nigerians $z United States $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Nigeria $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Linked stories. $2 lcgft 941 $a 6 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011646.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20231031010503.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025334.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20230404021049.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20230207011223.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20221202011541.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=38696EC6447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search