Title: Up from Polygamy
Description: The book is about the life of Chukwuma, the first son of Okafor's secon wife named Hannah. The book tells the story life in a typical African polygamous family, viz: the relationship between the various wives and their husband; the schemings of the various wives for the better part of their husband's money and property for their siblings; the competition that exists amongst the  siblings for success, especially academic success.
The book details the life of Chukwuma from the elementary school through college. The book also tells the story of the Nigeria-Biafra conflict from the point of view of a twelve year old boy.
Subjects: dedicated elemntary school teachers; Nigeria-Biafra soldiers; Ojukwu, the Biafran leader; relief efforts for the suffering Biafrans; """"Ahia-Attack""""- women trading behind enemy lines; Nwabuzo, the son of Okafor's first wife and his bid to kill chukwuma via the actions of a herbalist/medicine man; treacherous activities of some wives who eloped with soldiers during the war only to be dumped by their husbands after the war; life in college and told by Chukwuma- the acada girls and student union politics, etc etc.
Places: the university of Nigeria, Nsukka; Umuahia; Enugu; Aba ( populary known as Enyimba city); Owerri; Port-Harcourt; Afikpo.
People: Lt Colonel Yakubu Gowon, leader of the Nigerian side during the Nigeria/Biafra conflict; Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, leader of the seccenionist Biafran side; Okafor- the polygamist and father of Chukwuma.
Time periods: 1967 to 1970 for the Nigeria/Biafra conflict; 1970 to 1983 for chukwuma's academic careers from high school to graduate studies in colleges.