In her startling collection of short stories, "Broken Lives and Other Stories," Anthonia C. Kalu creates a series of memorable characters who struggle to hold displaced but dynamic communities together in a country that is at war with itself. "Broken Lives and Other Stories" presents a portrait of the ordinary women, children, and men whose lives have been battered by war in their homeland. Written in response to the Nigerian Civil War, known on the Igbo side as Ogu Biafra the Biafran War this collection focuses on the everyday conditions of the local people and how their personal...
In her startling collection of short stories, "Broken Lives and Other Stories," Anthonia C. Kalu creates a series of memorable characters who struggle...
