Welcome to Litsy!

An incredible true story.
FULL REVIEW: http://abookandateacup.blogspot.com/2021/01/review-taking-flight.html

Not told in a “standard” western style, it is a story of women‘s relationships, centered on Esi Sekyi – her first marriage to smothering husband Oko, her second polygamous marriage to Ali, and her lifelong friendship with Opokuya. The theme of changes is augmented with glimpses of Opokuya‘s and Ali‘s marriages. Each relationship blends tradition and modernity, none entirely successfully. But it portrays the possibilities for modern African women.

So good. Incredibly informative and has definitely inspired me to try to learn more.

We have arrived at the fall of Timbuktu and I am utterly devastated by the loss. I wish I would have learned bout this years ago. I feel like I may go down a rabbit hole…. 😭😭😭😭

I am greatly enjoying this. The woman narrating this book has a deeply relaxing voice… ahhhhhh

Jagua traveled to Lagos in her youth to make it in the big city. When we meet her in her 40s things haven‘t gone as planned, she‘s meeting men at Tropicana in exchange for many and at the same time she has a relationship with a 20 yr younger man. And then things take a turn.

And that cover, it‘s eye catching

“The water very soon overflowed the top of then roof, and the sun and the moon were forced to go up into the sky, where they have remained ever since.“

This story is a classic African folktale. It is a folktale because it explains why something has happened. It is also a story that was passed down through generations. It has traditional African drawings and came from Nigeria.

The sun must build a large home for water and his friends to come and hang out. The sun and his wife moon built a house for water and his friends but the water kept getting deeper and more friends kept coming. Soon the sun and the moon had to move to the roof. the water kept getting higher so eventually they had to move to the sky and have lived there ever since.

One of my purchases from holiday.