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Synopsis
As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah . One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a dutiful and unsophisticated stay-at-home husband and father married to a powerful businesswoman. Eze is single, a cautious rebel from his university days whose arrival soon upsets the balance in Obinna’s life. In a world where men are constantly under surveillance and subject to the whims of powerful women, more than Obinna’s ordered and accustomed routine might be on the line. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Visit is part of Black Stars , a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.
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Is The Visit (Black Stars) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
A thought-provoking speculative fiction short story exploring gender role reversal in a matriarchal society. Contains themes of surveillance, social control, and power imbalance but minimal explicit content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include surveillance, power imbalance, and oppression.
Who'll love this
Teens will find the exploration of reversed gender dynamics and friendship against oppressive systems compelling and timely.