As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men-old friends-confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah.
One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a dutiful and unsophisticated stay-at-home husband and father married to a powerful businesswoman. Eze is single, a cautious rebel from his university days whose arrival soon upsets the balance in Obinna's life. In a world where men are constantly under surveillance and subject to the whims of powerful women, more than Obinna's ordered and accustomed routine might be on the line.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's The Visit is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.
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The American President was wearing too much make-up: her chocolate face powdered a shade too light, mascara clumped on her lashes, the smudge of berry lipstick like a small wound on her lower lip.
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(Amazon Original Stories, 31 August 2021, ebook, 20 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, #PrimeReading)
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I'm a fan of the author Amazon Original Stories so was looking forward to reading The Visit. I enjoyed the story which seemed longer than 20 pages. The only issue I had was I felt there was more to the story and it could have been a longer piece even a section as a novel. It doesn't work completely as a stand-alone story. I wanted to know more about the world and characters. I really enjoyed the brief glimpse into the world of The Visit and a society that finally rewards women for getting pregnant and punishes men for certain activities. This is a good read.