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Set on the campus of a Nigerian university, Double Yoke tells the story of two undergraduates who must confront the conflicting demands of tradition and modernity. While Nko pursues an education despite the resistance of those who feel a woman's identity is assumed in traditional marriage, Ete Kamba's love for her is severely tested as he is himself locked into the rigid attitudes from which Nko is attempting to break free. Nko must further contend with unscrupulous professors who would take advantage of her tenuous role as a woman in a male-dominated environment. As the author candidly portrays the status of women in emerging African nations, the choices facing Ete Kamba and Nko are neither clearcut nor perfect. In Double Yoke, Buchi Emecheta faces them head on.
A tragic story about the entrapment of a woman in a society that places value on a woman only after she begets children for the propagation of her husband's lineage.
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Moises Fajardo
reviewed Double Yoke on June 11, 2018
Double Yoke
Set at the University of Calabar, Nigeria, the novel gives us a glimpse of student life in 1980s Nigeria.
Double Yoke refers to the double yoke of oppressions that our students suffer from - that of tradition and modernity and trying to marry the two.
I love Emecheta. She is one of my favourite authors but the style of this disappointed me. The narrative is interrupted by her viewpoints or lessons which aren't subtle. The best parts of the novel are those from Nko's viewpoint; I feel that she struggles to write a complex and authentic male voice in Ete Kamba.
Sadly the content is still relevant - the idea of corrupt predatory university professors taking advantage of female students is still a big issue in Nigeria. This year there was the so called "sex for marks" scandal where student Monica Osagie recorded her lecturers demands and reported it to her university. The recording was leaked to the press. I imagine Emecheta would have hoped that 35 years after this novel the university experience might have better for students than it is. Girls are still blamed by their peers in these scenarios.
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