Under the Udala Trees

Description:

Ijeoma, a young Nigerian girl displaced during their civil war, begins a powerful love affair with another refugee girl from a different ethnic community. When the pair are discovered, they must learn the cost of living a lie amidst taboos and prejudices. Even as her nation contends with and recovers from the effects of war and division, Ijeoma seeks a glimmer of hope for a future where a woman might just be able to shape her life around truth and love.

subjects: Young women,  Lesbian teenagers,  Refugees,  Nigerians,  Fiction,  Girls,  Lesbians,  History,  LGBTQ novels,  Lambda Literary Awards,  Lambda Literary Award Winner,  New York Times reviewed,  Nigeria, fiction,  Fiction, coming of age,  Fiction, lesbian,  Lesbians, fiction,  Fiction, general,  Fiction, lgbtq+, lesbian,  Ferro-Grumley Award for LGBTQ Fiction Finalist,  Women refugees,  Civil war

Places: Nigeria