![]() Though Afi agrees to marry him, someone stands in for Eli as he is unable to attend his own wedding. Just before the wedding, Afi learns of this other woman and the child that Eli has with her. It seems a win-win for both families: Afi will live in luxury and pursue her dreams of becoming a fashion designer, while Eli’s family hopes that he will finally terminate his long-term relationship with a woman they don’t approve of. Afi is provided with an opportunity that seems almost too good to be true: to marry a young man, Elikem (Eli for short), from a prominent family. Set in a small town in present-day Ghana, “His Only Wife” follows Afi, a young seamstress who lives in poverty with her mother in her uncle’s house with his several wives and children. Written in first-person narrative, readers are introduced to protagonist Afi Tekple and follow her journey from a young girl to a young wife. This is how the 2020 debut novel of Peace Adzo Medie starts off. Imagine getting married, but your fiancé can’t make the wedding because of prior business arrangements. ![]() “Elikem married me in absentia he did not come to our wedding.” ![]()
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