In Turbulent Waters

Tosan Mayuku-a talented art student of Aliu Zamani University and also National Arts Award winner-meets and falls in love with the beautiful Ebi Dabiri. She is the daughter of Chief Ezontade Dabiri, a Nigerian politician who is also a major financier of an Ijaw militant group at a time two of Nigeria's popular ethnic groups, Ijaw and Itsekiri, are locked in a bitter tribal war. Tosan and Ebi make an amazing couple, but their love affair is also dangerous. It pits a gutsy Tosan, who has Itsekiri blood running through his veins, against powerful forces. There s the head of his department, who is Ebi s ex-lover and who is trying to get Tosan killed. There s Ebi s mother, who is against their union for more reasons than the obvious, and there s Ebi s father, who employs militant Ijaw youths to take Tosan s life. Meanwhile, Tosan is the leader of a university gang but Ebi has connections in a New York art gallery that can help his artistic career soar. Will they manage to overcome the hostility in their environment and escape to build a new life together? Set against the backdrop of contemporary Nigeria, this novel follows thelives of two young lovers as they deal with the far-reaching consequences of vengeance.