The Girl with the Louding Voice

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The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré: Episode 2

The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Daré

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Betrayed by her father, Adunni starts on a new path in life.

Adunni has been sold in marriage by her father and has moved to Morufu's house with the rest of his family.

Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants: an education. She holds close to her the advice that her mother shared before she died: an education is the only way to get a “louding voice”— and the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir.

The author Abi Daré grew up in Lagos, Nigeria. She studied law at the University of Wolverhamton and received an MSc from Glasgow Caledonian University in International Project Management. She also has an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, University of London. She began writing the novel after a conversation with her 8yr old daughter about how there were girls her age in Nigeria who had to do housework for a living. 

In Episode 2, 14 yr old Adunni begins married life in the home of her new husband. 

Written by Abi Daré
Read by Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́
Abridged by Jill Waters and Isobel Creed
Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for BBC Radio 4

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