'The Liquid Eye of a Moon' is a coming-of-age tale within Nigeria's caste system
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In Uchenna Awoke’s debut novel, we come to understand that 15-year-old Dimpka’s choices are painfully constricted by the caste system into which he was born.
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In Uchenna Awoke’s debut novel, we come to understand that 15-year-old Dimpka’s choices are painfully constricted by the caste system into which he was born.