![]() ![]() She has grown up entirely in Lagos, Nigeria, a country that forces women to internalize patriarchal norms in society and politics. At the beginning of the novel, Enitan is in her mid-teens. Praised for its compelling and sympathetic portrayal of the postcolonial African country, the novel has won several major awards, including the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. The novel also illuminates conflict within Nigeria, between its Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo ethnic groups, most of which stemmed from the Biafran War. In the fraught, newly independent state, Enitan endures heartbreak, abuse, and rape, while trying to build a better future for herself. ![]() A bildungsroman, or coming of age novel, it follows Enitan as she grows up in postcolonial Nigeria and England. Everything Good Will Come is a 2005 novel by Nigerian author Sefi Atta. ![]()
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