Kano Market Fiction

In northern Nigeria, women writers are churning out best-selling novels on their personal computers. The stories are about love, romance and marriage. Women love the books, but local religious and political leaders don't. This is a deeply conservative society where Islam is the main religion. Open discussion of love and marriage is unusual and frowned upon. But the authors claim they're providing a service. They say the books give women much needed social support; the fictional tales offer real life advice to millions of women.

Sarah Simpson has more from the northern city of Kano. This piece came to us from World Vision Report. You can listen to the piece here.

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