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His Only Wife
by Peace Adzo Medie
A young Ghanaian seamstress accepts a marriage intended to improve her family's circumstances, then moves to Accra. Discovering that her husband is involved with another woman, she begins to challenge the arrangement and define independence on her own terms.
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