‘Under the Udala Trees is an evocative, fiercely told story about a woman’s life , about family and love, and about becoming who you are meant to be. Chinelo Okparanta is an icendiary , essential voice’ Justin Torres, author of Blackouts

It is 1968, the height of the Nigerian civil war, when Ijeoma notices a young girl following her home. Her name is Amina and she is Hausa. Ijeoma is Igbo. Though they should be mortal enemies, the two girls swiftly fall into an irrevocable friendship: one that will shake the foundations of Ijeoma’s faith, test her resolve and flood her heart.