Bosede Funke Afolayan

The Rope Around Your Waist

Fiction

“The Rope Around Your Waist is a realistic portrayal of the challenges facing most marriages in Nigeria, in particular, and in Africa, in general. . . . Infidelity, betrayal, male-child preference, mother-in-law intrusion, and gender dynamics are all treated with precision and elaboration in the actions of the characters. . . . The novel stands in the same category as Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter and Amma Darko’s Beyond the Horizon: novels that deal with the intimacy of women’s experiences in a patriarchal society. . . . An enthralling story of love, betrayal, and healing, where true love shines at the end. It is a book I will read over and over again.”