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In a rural village in nineteenth-century Nigeria, British colonial rule is finally starting to loosen its grip. As a new generation of educated locals seize their chance to take back power, a deadly disease threatens to wipe out their invaluable cocoa crop and end their village for good. In the Yoruba land of west Nigeria, the village of Ipaja faces a crisis – one of identity, power, and famine. At the center are two young men with very different ideas on how to prevent the oncoming catastrophe. Although they both claim to have the village's best intentions at heart, neither can deny the power they stand to gain if the other one fails. As tensions rise, the village must decide who they can trust and who will be able to save them from a deadly disaster...

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(An) enchanting story of a cocoa community in Western Nigeria where the country's shift from colony to independent nation is acted out in terms of a serious-farcial conflict. * Times Literary Supplement *

(An) enchanting story of a cocoa community in Western Nigeria where the country's shift from colony to independent nation is acted out in terms of a serious-farcical conflict. * Times Literary Supplement *

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T.M. Aluko was a writer, engineer, and academic born in 1918 in Ilesha, Nigeria. He studied civil engineering and town planning at the University of London and held the position of Director of Public Works in Western Nigeria. In 1966, he decided to pursue a career as a professor, earning his doctorate in municipal engineering in 1976. Aluko was awarded several prizes and honours such as an OBE in 1963 and Officer Order of the Niger (OON) in 1965. His debut novel, One Man, One Wife, was published in 1959, followed by his stand-alone book, One Man, One Matchet in 1965. His other notable novels include Kinsman and Foreman (1966), Chief the Honourable Minister (1970), and His Worshipful Majesty (1973). Aluko died in 2010.

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