Summary
In the noval “Marriage Is a Private Affair” opens with a discussion
between a young woman named Nene and a young man named Nnaemeka who live in
Lagos, Nigeria they are in love and plan to marry. Nene wants Nnaemeka to
inform his father of their plans as soon as possible, but the young man is
nervous. He anticipates that his father a member of the Ibo tribe who lives in
rural Nigeria will not approve his son’s marriage to a woman of the son’s own
choosing especially when the father discovers that Nene is not an Ibo.
between a young woman named Nene and a young man named Nnaemeka who live in
Lagos, Nigeria they are in love and plan to marry. Nene wants Nnaemeka to
inform his father of their plans as soon as possible, but the young man is
nervous. He anticipates that his father a member of the Ibo tribe who lives in
rural Nigeria will not approve his son’s marriage to a woman of the son’s own
choosing especially when the father discovers that Nene is not an Ibo.