Women Are Different – Flora Nwapa

Women Are Different (1986): Flora Nwapa’s follow-up to Efuru and Idu chronicles the intertwined lives of three young Igbo women—Dora, Agnes and Rose—from their 1940s boarding‑school days through a changing Nigeria. As they grow into adulthood, the upheavals of marriage, infidelity, loss and civil war force each to forge a new path—some finding economic independence through work and entrepreneurship, others navigating life as single mothers with rare dignity and resolve. Blending intimate, richly observed characters with sociopolitical commentary, Women Are Different stands as a poignant meditation on female friendship, agency and resilience against entrenched traditions