From the novel; The Concubine
The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
The title of this novel is justified because
- Ihuoma the heroine,is everyone's concubine
- Ihuoma having once been married to Emenike has vowed never to marry again
- everyone who married Ihuoma or expressed a wish to do so came to harm
- Ihuoma prefers to be mistress rather than a wife
-
being the spirit-wife of the jealous sea-king,any marriage subsequently contracted cannot be valid;she is condemned to the status of a concubine.
