The novel takes off like a plane on a tarmac, slowly. War meets ordinary people suddenly, disrupting their personal plans. Ginika, Eloka, Nwakire and others are students when the war breaks. Elokas father, a farmer has to leave his big farm to run for his dear life and Chitos husband is a teacher. No matter what you are engaged in, war will forcefully stop you. The novel tackles a lot of human related issues like raising a young woman at wartime, and how ordinary people live at wartimes, including soldiers who people depend on to keep the battles faraway -- how serious are these soldiers?

In these poems, Akachi Adimora-Ezeibo reiterates the importance of justice, gender equality, accountability, and respect for one. Exploring such subjects as the Coronavirus pandemic, injustices against women and immigration, among others, Adimora-Ezeigbo posits that with little acts of kindness and tolerance, our world can be a better place.

Legacies of Passed African Women Writers: Matrix of Creativity and Power proffers varied perspectives of the invaluable contributions of ten deceased African writers from all across Africa who have cleared the path to a vibrant African feminist arena. The dynamics of change gleaned from both their textual and contextual concerns unarguably set the pace for contemporary African women writers who have striven to follow in the footsteps of their literary mothers as well as their oral foremothers. This book, edited by Helen Chukwuma and Chioma Carol Opara, shows the collective testament of ample creativity and power generated by these departed heroes: Flora Nwapa, Mariama Ba, Grace Ogot, Zulu Sofola, Bessie Head, Buchi Emecheta, Nawal El Saadawi, Assia Djebar, Yvonne Vera, and Nadine Gordimer. These chapters revolve around the positive impact of the celebrated writers on creative writing, theoretical formulations, and socio-cultural change. The contributors argue that these corpus of works have illuminated creativity rooted in power, vision, and freedom.