Product Description

Zilayefa, a young girl of Greek and Nigerian parentage, leaves her rustic existence and the protective grip of her mother in the village, in search of a better life in the city. With a recommendation from her church pastor, she is taken in and catered for by Sisi, an elderly woman, and her young friend, Lolo. Zilayefa is thrust into the bustling city of Port Harcourt, unprepared for the pitfalls awaiting a young girl so unsure of herself and in desperate need of direction. In Port Harcourt, Zilayefa is confronted by the prejudices against her racial identity. She struggles with accepting the void left by not knowing her father and tries to fill that void with the attention of an older lover. Through the experiences of her budding sexuality, Zilayefa grows to a higher level of knowledge and understanding and must define for herself what her life should be.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1550017 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-24
• Released on: 2006-12-01
• Binding: Paperback
• 179 pages

Review
"... for all people who are daily occupied with the quest for the meaning of their existence." --Jahman Anikulapo (Guardian Life)

"Elegant narrative, stylish writing and emotional depth make Agary's first book a compelling, hard-to-drop read." --Abdulkareem Baba-Aminu (Weekly Trust)

Customer Reviews

A Tale... An Education...An Experience
"What happened?"
"Oil"
These words, in the opening chapter of Yellow-Yellow, are in a nutshell the story of Zilafeya. Agary's novel tells the story of a young girl from the oil-rich Delta region of Nigeria. Her mother's attempts to make a living destroyed by oil - pollution and spills - Zilafeya leaves the village of her birth to seek a better life for herself in Port Harcourt.

As we follow Zilafeya on her naive journey, our eyes are opened to many aspects of Nigerian Delta life and how oil has happened to it - to the environment, to the pockets of multi-nationals and politicians, and to the villagers who try to make a life out of the oil-soaked land.

Once I started reading the book, I couldn't put it down. Agary's descriptive writing style makes the story real, without being preachy about the situation in and history of this region. It's a book that you will want to pass on to your friends when they ask you for a good book to read. It's a book that you will quote when having conversations about relationships, about nigeria, about oil.

I LOVED IT!!! can you tell?