Rape and Suicide in Shawa's "Hello, Vagina"

Odega Shawa's tearjerking novel, Hello, Vagina is a romantic tragedy on the unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of many unfortunate victims of the rampant crimes of rape that have made headlines in Nigeria.
The state governors have declared a state of emergency on rape and gender based violence against girls and women after street protests against the increasing numbers of rape in Africa's most populous country.
It is a must read.


Description
Sparks – and blood – fly when a young girl’s tall dreams come face to face with the animal brutality of a powerful celebrity icon. But is he too subtle to be exposed and too powerful for justice? Hello, Vagina examines the reality of society’s rape culture as viewed from the point of the lowest slum scum to the highest corridors of power and government, set in an urban jungle that is now metaphor for a new sad tradition. The story illuminates the accepted but twisted norms that revitalizes this rape culture and the litter of voiceless and powerless victims that must now speak inside one girl’s power, or be silenced forever.