![]() ![]() I love that she talked about the various ethnic groups in Nigeria. I assumed Sefi wanted to write about Enitan the little girl only. ![]() I had no idea Enitan was going to really grow up. The novel is also a biting commentary on post-independence governments in Nigeria and tensions between Igbo (Biafrans), Yoruba, and Hausa ethnic groups after the Biafrian War. Throughout the novel the main character, Enitan, is faced with various personal entanglements connected with family troubles, rape, cheating boyfriends, and imprisonment. It was published by Interlink World Fiction in 2005. But it is Sefi Atta’s courage in choosing to look at her fictional world through fiercely feminist lenses that I most admired”Įverything Good Will Come is a coming-of-age novel by Sefi Atta about a girl growing into a woman in post colonial Nigeria and England. I’m officially done reading EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME and in the words of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “There is wit, intelligence and a delicious irreverence in this book. ![]()
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