The Rape of Shavi

The Rape of Shavi bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ifo nke afọ 1983 nke onye odeakụkọ Naijiria bụ Buchi Emecheta dere. Ndị George Braziller bipụtara ya nke mbụ na 1983.  

 Nchịkọta atụmatụ 
Akwụkwọ akụkọ a gbadoro ụkwụ gbasara  ndị Shavian; obodo akụkọ nro n'ime ọzara Sahara ebe onye ọ bụla na-adịghị ukwuu karịa ibe ya. Mgbe ahụ ndị ọdịda anyanwụ bịarutere: Andria, Ista, Flip, Mendoza na Ronje, bụ ndị bi na Shavi mgbe Eze Patayon Slow na nwunye ya na-akparịta ụka. Ndị bi na ọdịda anyanwụ, ndị Shavian chere na ha bụ ndị ozi, na mbụ na-ejikọta na omenala na ndụ ndị mmadụ n'agbanyeghị na Ronje na-edina Shavi n'ike. Ndị ọdịda anyanwụ na-esonye na ọrụ ugbo na ịzụ ahịa nke ndị obodo Shavia, ebe ha na-arụ ọrụ n'ịgba mmanụ na ịrụzi ụgbọ elu ha a na-akpọ "Newark". Ndị ọdịda anyanwụ mechara laghachi England ma jiri diamond ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe na kristal yana Asogba laa, nwa Patayon the Slow. Mendoza bụ onye chọtara ahịrị azụmahịa ọhụrụ na-ezigaghachị Asogba azụ na Shavi site n'inye ya egbe na jeep. N'aka nke ọzọ, Asogba na-apụnara ndị ya na ndị obodo agbata obi ya ihe n'ike, iji zipu diamond na crystal nye Mendoza. Azụmahịa kristal daa na Asogba gbawara agbawa na enweghị ego .

 Nnabata 
Richard Eder na-ede akwụkwọ maka Los Angeles Times kpọrọ ya "lopsided fable."  Michiko Kakutani mgbe ọ na-enyocha akwụkwọ maka The New York Times e kwuru na "Nkọwa nke Emecheta, n'ụzọ dị iche, dị nnọọ nro, dị elu nke ukwuu, nke na onye na-agụ ya anaghị enwe mkpali."  Onye nnyocha na Gale jiri ya tụnyere "mmeri ndị Europe meriri Africa." 

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