Aiwanose Odafen releases debut novel
Aiwanose Odafen (MBA, 2014) has just published her debut novel Tomorrow I Become a Woman.
Loosely based on the real stories of real women known to Aiwa, the story follows the complex relationship between mother and daughter as they grapple to come to terms with tremendous loss, a woman’s struggle to meet societal and cultural expectations within the confines of a difficult marriage, female friendship, and a love story that spans two decades and two continents in the midst of political turmoil and a fast-changing world.
Aiwa was born in Nigeria and spent the better part of her life wanting to be an accountant before discovering her love for writing. She has contributed to published nonfiction works in the past and was recently selected for and participated in Chimamanda Adichie’s prestigious Purple Hibiscus Trust Writing Workshop. Her short story Faces was also longlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Writers Short Story Prize.
Green Templeton congratulates Aiwa on the publication of her novel.
