Power of a Woman

Ndukwu Challenges every expectation of an Africa novelist. The Language is Juicy and his humor is spicy. Stretching the line between love and madness. An extraordinary book so magical and crumbling.This is the coming of age novel like no other. You are bound to find yourself moved. What is most arresting is the pain you feel when you read the book. The novel is written by a gifted writer born in the slum in Ajegunle. Daniel writes a story that brings the world into his street. A searing girl, a troubled Nigerian teen is threatened by rape. Corpse swings like a dance rehearsal. The Portrait of a brutalized girl given no control over her life. Power of a Woman is a hard, unsparing book, cruel in its beauty, shocking in its compassion. It reveals the hidden secret behind a corrupt society. The society is bleeding.

Unlike many novels, none of the characters or incidents people and places you will read about in in this book is Imaginary. The are drawn from Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern part of Nigeria. This is a country richly blessed with natural resources and talented individuals, yet he choose to write about Nigeria from a mirror side of view.Nigeria is a beautiful place; and yet so much has happened here, including treachery. If you read carefully, you will hear voices of abandoned women and children crying for help. If you manage to arrive safely traveling by road to other states in the country, you may stop over and rest a while in Okene Park. The food will warm the heart and the company is always plentiful. You will see a banner saying; “Where do we go from here” and miles after, you will see another banner saying; “Healthcare is Free”. If you believe its true, then close your eyes and listen to the proclamation burning in the hearts of so many people. Listen to the voiceless desolate beauty of our culture. The characters are lively enough to jump out of the pages of this book. So when you read, read the words and not the writings.