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On Black Sisters Street
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Belgium, Nigeria, Sudan

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Andrew
Jan 05, 2014 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
I am going to find it very hard to review this book as a man ,I found it a very distressing read in parts but also very moving. It is the story of 4 women who for various reasons end going from Lagos to Nigeria as prostitutes, unable to escape from their lives there because a debt they then owe to the gang leader and fear of violence. After the death of one of them (revealed in blurb at back) the three remaining women tell their individual stories interspersed with chapters telling the story of ...more
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Dec 15, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: usa, nigeria, holland
Made me cry and think how lucky I am to live the life I do. Important reading to understand how others live.
Barbara
Jan 04, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Oct 17, 2021 marked it as to-read
Vanessa van den Boogaard
Aug 18, 2022 marked it as to-read
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