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Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

Season of Crimson Blossoms

An affair between 55-year-old widow Binta Zubairu and 26-year-old weed dealer Reza was bound to provoke condemnation in conservative Northern Nigeria. Brought together in unusual circumstances, Binta and Reza faced a need they could only satisfy in each other. Binta — previously reconciled with God — now yearns for intimacy after the sexual repression of her marriage, the pain of losing her first son and the privations of widowhood. Meanwhile, Reza's heart lies empty and waiting to be filled due to the absence of a mother. The situation comes to a head when Binta's wealthy son confronts Reza, with disastrous consequences. This story of love and longing — set against undercurrents of political violence — unfurls gently, revealing layers of emotion that defy age, class and religion. “A powerful and compelling debut. The taboo subject of an older woman's sexuality, portrayed with courage, skill and delicacy, is explored in the context of the criminal underworld and the corrupt politi that exploits it. This is a novel to be savoured.”— Zoë Wicomb, Chair of Judges, Caine Prize for African Writing
322 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
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    He also knocked on her brother’s door and walked out into the predawn light to the mosque from which Manshawi’s emotive recitation of Sura An Nisa from the Glorious Qur’an reached her.
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    Kareema and Abida – born of the same father to different mothers – carried on like twins, dressing in matching outfits of different colours, Kareema persistently in the darker shades. They conducted themselves with the air of evolving women who knew, with a certainty bordering on arrogance, that they were beautiful.
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    Baleri leaned forward, astonished by Reza’s audacity. ‘You want to spend the night in the cell? I will shoot you now and nothing will happen.’ But the impotence of his own words rang louder than his voice.
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