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o·yi·bo (ōˈyiˈbō) - noun or adjective - Nigerian slang for a person who is fair skinned, mixed race, a foreigner, or white.


Written in lyrical and deeply moving prose that evokes the literary tradition of contemporary Nigerian novelists like Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Adichie, Ada Ihenachor introduces a haunting protagonist and deftly weaves a mythic coming of age story that will remain with you long after you've turned the last page.


In 1976, prodigal daughter Songoli returns to her mother's home in a remote south eastern Nigerian village—with a wailing toddler on her hip. Not long after, Songoli vanishes again, leaving the fair-skinned and dreadlocked child, Adesua, and unanswered questions behind. Fiercely devoted grandmother, Geraldine raises Adesua and is determined to shield the child from Songoli's reckless absence. However, beyond the sheltered confines of their home, Adesua's pale skin, head full of taboo dreadlocks, and indeterminate parentage raises questions throughout the village and invites dangerous scorn—which Geraldine stands up to.


When Adesua comes of age, Geraldine sends her away to boarding school to distance her from the villagers' persecution. Yet, even at the school, Adesua is shunned by her peers for her appearance and is forced to exist on the periphery, a risky place to which she becomes reluctantly accustomed. But after a tragedy occurs, Adesua is forced to flee and embarks on a poignant journey spanning Lagos, New York, and Heaven—and encounters vibrant characters including an ethereal moon, a teen who smokes expired cigarettes, an absent mother who subsists on a diet of Valium and talk shows, and a watchful gateman who spends his days vigilantly tuning a radio—in a desperate quest for answers and a place to belong


Narrated in Adesua's stirring voice, OYIBO is an unflinching novel, a powerful meditation on motherhood that illuminates the fragility of home, the hunger for redemption, and the cosmic boundaries of love.