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Double Yoke

Double Yoke
AuthorBuchi Emecheta
LanguageEnglish
Genrefiction
Set inNigeria
PublisherGeorge Braziller
Publication date2 September 1982
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages163 pp (1st edition)
ISBN978-0-8076-1128-9 (1st edition)
OCLC567508653
Preceded byThe Rape of Shavi 

Double Yoke is a 1982 novel written by Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta. It was published in the United States on 2 September 1982, by George Braziller.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot summary

The story emphasises the life of students and lecturers in most Nigerian universities. The novel is set in the University of Calabar. Ete Kamba, a young boy who is expected to become a man of substance meets Nko at a party for Arit, her cousin, a girl who had graduated from her hairdressing apprenticeship program. On their way back to Nko's house, Ete forces himself on Nko. However, she does not resist. Ete refuses to marry Nko, stating that he cannot marry someone who is not a virgin. Eventually, Ete Kamba reveals Nko's predicament to Professor Ikot, who takes advantage of the situation: Nko must sleep with Professor Ikot in order to pass her exam. Nko agrees but Ete Kamba finds out and beats the professor. Nko realises that she is now pregnant with the professor's child.

Reception

D. A. N. Jones wrote in the London Review of Books: "Buchi Emecheta’s novel is dedicated to her 1981 students at the University of Calabar. Double Yoke is a tale of student life at that university and evidently the teacher has learned a great deal from her pupils, pulling out passages from their essays and exercises to make her own point about their lives and ideas. ... Miss Emecheta is happy to halt her pacey narrative and tell the reader bluntly what she thinks of her characters and life in general. This technique, the sermon in parenthesis, is acceptable in skilful story-tellers, like Miss Emecheta."[6] In 1985, the novel was considered as new and noteworthy by The New York Times.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction". Kirkus Reviews. 1 February 1984. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Double yoke". Brooklyn Public Library.
  3. ^ Badoe, Yaba (1984). "Double Yoke, Buchi Emecheta (Book Review)". Feminist Review (17): 102. ProQuest 1300473970.
  4. ^ Torrents, Nissa (1987). "The Double Yoke: Women's Writing from the Third World". Third World Quarterly. 9 (4): 1390–1395. JSTOR 3991668.
  5. ^ Ushie, Suzanne (25 April 2018). "The Brilliance of Buchi Emecheta in 5 Books". OZY. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ Jones, D.A.N. (16 September 1982). "A Good Girl in Africa". London Review of Books. 4 (17). Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. ^ Fraser, C. Gerald (25 August 1985). "New & Noteworthy". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 August 2021.


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