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A review by aish_dols
Poetic Nikaah by Ibrahim Olalere
4.0
In a Jebba home where tribal crisis (The Yoruba - Fulani crisi ) has left its mark, Bilaal (Yoruba lad) grew to be a troubled man burdened with the task of being the one to save his family from abject poverty, helping his mother through her sickness and weighed down by his own demons. He questions his shaking faith as he deals with the fact that his father too, has been absent due to his arrest (for being an OPC terrorist member) for what seems like an eternity.
Aneezah Cisse (Hausa-Fulani lady), a vivacious bubbly young woman, with her own trials will cross paths with Bilaal, but Bilaal, with his emotional switches, shivering faith, unpreparedness, will suffer uncertainties and the author will take the reader on wavy waters with the characters which made me not see a lot coming even with my guessing dexterity.
Poetic Nikkah is told in switching points of views where Bilaal, Anisa or anyone else took up the narration depending on the chapter, that gave me a lot of insight to each character's thoughts. I like the Islamic infusion and the way the author wrote of the challenges of being in love as a young Muslim. The book deserves a read really.
We don't document our stories enough and reading stories by writers from home (who take the effort to) is a way to promote our literature. Ibrahim has documented a lot about religion, politics, war, tribalism, and love. Poetic Nikkah is a novel I enjoyed.
Available on @Okadabooks
Aneezah Cisse (Hausa-Fulani lady), a vivacious bubbly young woman, with her own trials will cross paths with Bilaal, but Bilaal, with his emotional switches, shivering faith, unpreparedness, will suffer uncertainties and the author will take the reader on wavy waters with the characters which made me not see a lot coming even with my guessing dexterity.
Poetic Nikkah is told in switching points of views where Bilaal, Anisa or anyone else took up the narration depending on the chapter, that gave me a lot of insight to each character's thoughts. I like the Islamic infusion and the way the author wrote of the challenges of being in love as a young Muslim. The book deserves a read really.
We don't document our stories enough and reading stories by writers from home (who take the effort to) is a way to promote our literature. Ibrahim has documented a lot about religion, politics, war, tribalism, and love. Poetic Nikkah is a novel I enjoyed.
Available on @Okadabooks