Buchi Emecheta

"When a baby girl is abandoned at birth, Reverend Arlington and his wife Ginny are only too happy to adopt her. The media cover this moving story, and a Nigerian woman living in England takes more than a passing interest in the Arlingtons. She decides that they would provide the right Christian home for her own baby, Chester. Shortly afterwards, Chester is delivered to social services with a letter explaining that the Arlingtons should be his new parents. So young Chester enters the vicarage of the sleepy seaside village of St. Simon. He is the only black child for miles around." "The New Tribe tells the story of Chester's long search for his true identity, and the challenges he faces as a black child in a white family."--Jacket.

Nko and Ete Kamba, an young undergraduate couple, struggle with the conflicting demands of tradition and modernity at a Nigerian university where Nko is pursuing her education despite her husband's disapproval. As their marriage suffers, Nko also must contend with immoral professors who try to take advantage of her.

Two Nigerian girls overhear some elders making secret preparations for a marriage.

Sixteen-year-old Okei, left an orphan after the Nigerian civil war, engages in a wrestling match to prove to his critical uncle and aunt that he is not as idle and worthless as they think.

Family interaction when an extended black family in North London become involved in caring for a kitten.

10th grade

Skye, a high school junior, tries to find the time for both family obligations and personal interests, which include caring for her brother who has Down's Syndrome, dating her first boyfriend, and swimming competitively.

Analyse : Roman de société.