Title: Cloth Girl
Description: Matilda Lamptey, the Cloth Girl of the title, is fourteen years old when sophisticated black Gold Coast lawyer, Robert Bannerman, sets eyes on her and resolves to take her as his second wife. For Julie, his first wife, this is a colossal slap in the face, which she is not willing to tolerate. For Matilda it is a cruel-end to childhood.
Subjects: Child marriage, Fiction, Lawyers, Social life and customs, Lawyers, fiction, Africa, fiction, Fiction, general, Legal stories
Places: Ghana, Gold Coast