Mack Little’s second installment in her Love and Peace series traces the fascinating and often painful Caribbean history through the life experience of Badu Obosi, who challenges the fury of his ancestors in his quest to marry the beautiful Ekemma.
Badu is mesmerized by the beauty and wit of the charming Ekemma. However, he faces powerful forces bent on keeping them apart. In 1651, twenty-three years later, Badu is a wanted man after leading a slave revolt in Barbados. He is determined to keep his family safe, no matter the risks of torture and death.Shelter in a Hostile Worlddepicts the strength, resilience, and courage of enslaved and marginalized people in the Caribbean.
Shelter in a Hostile Worldskillfully depicts life in seventeenth-century Igboland and Barbados, weaving exciting details about Igbo history as lived experiences rather than a sociological study. This makes Shelter in a Hostile World an exciting historical fiction novella that is still relevant today.