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The Great Ponds

by Elechi Amadi · 1970

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Tells of the ruinous feud between two villages in Eastern Nigeria. By the author of The Concubine and Estrangement.

Setting
1970sAfricaNigeria
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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