His Only Wife

 His Only Wife, a novel by Peace Adzo Medie is set in Ghana, Africa. The narrator is Afi, a young seamstress in a small town. She is convinced by her mother to marry a man she has not met to better her family's resources. Eager to please her hardworking mother, Afi agrees to the arranged marriage. At the wedding ceremony her future brother in law stands in for her husband because the groom is out of the country on business. The husband's family keep Afi and her mother in the dark about most things. Afi and her mother are taken to the large town of Accra and installed in an luxury apartment. The descriptions of the two towns in Ghana are enchanting. The story is about how Afi adjusts to life in the big city of Accra and to a life where her husband is evidently not all that interested in her. Even though Afi was brought up to be kind, obedient and subservient, she comes around to the idea that instead of trying to please others all the time, she ought to spend more time pleasing herself. Afi becomes a fashion designer. After reading this story I think it would be great to go to Accra sometime and look through some of the fashion designs and eat the food and listen to the music.