Co-wives, co-widows

Co-Wives, Co-Widows is the first book from the Central African Republic to be translated into English.

This is the story of Ndongo Passy and Grekpoubou, the two widows of Lidou. Following their husband’s sudden and unexplained death, they find themselves fighting tooth and nail for all that is important to them. A playful, bittersweet story full of dry wit and local colour, set against a backdrop of political instability, corruption and the friction between the old and the new in Bangui in the Central African Republic.

'Co-wives, Co-widows has been chosen by Brittle Paper as one of 50 Notable African Books of 2021.' Brittle Paper

Women In Translation: Central African Republic, 128 pages