A Kind of Marriage by Buchi Emecheta

When Auntie Bintu returns once more to Nigeria, she expects her sister-in-law to have plenty of stories for her after all, last time she visited she heard the sad tale of Ramonu (see Naira Power). She is not disappointed by Amina’s latest tale. It is full of unexpected twists as she unfolds the tortured history of Afam, the son of Charles Ubakanma and the woman his parents force him to marry secretly when his first wife finds she is unable to have more than one child.