The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives
by Lola Shoneyin

List Price: $23.99
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780061946370
Publisher: William Morrow

Lola Shoneyin was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, but spent most of her childhood at boarding school in Edinburgh, Scotland. She studied English at Ogun State University and lives in Abuja, Nigeria, where she teaches English and drama at an international school. She is married to Olaokun Soyinka, the son of Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka. They have four children and four dogs. Shoneyin reckons she could survive an entire year eating nothing but pineapples.

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