num_pages: 448
description: A contemporary twist on the Odyssey An Orchestra of Minorities is narrated by the chi or spirit of a young poultry farmer named Chinonso. His life is set off course when he sees a woman who is about to jump off a bridge. Horrified by her recklessness he hurls two of his prized chickens off the bridge. The woman Ndali is stopped in her tracks.Chinonso and Ndali fall in love but she is from an educated and wealthy family. When her family objects to the union on the grounds that he is not her social equal he sells most of his possessions to attend college in Cyprus. But when he arrives in Cyprus he discovers that he has been utterly duped by the young Nigerian who has made the arrangements for him. Penniless homeless we watch as he gets further and further away from his dream and from home.
language: English
title: An Orchestra of Minorities
publisher: Little, Brown and Company