Vogueのインスタグラム(voguemagazine) - 8月3日 01時44分

While @ayobamidebayo didn’t write her book, Stay With Me, in response to current events—in fact, it was first published in 2013, by a small Nigerian press—it holds special significance today. Set against the backdrop of Nigeria in the 1980s and ’90s, when the country acquired and quickly lost the promise of democratic leadership to a military coup and a civil war, we meet Akin and Yejide, a couple whose relationship is deeply loving and seemingly one of equals. After a few unsuccessful years of trying for a baby, Yejide is pronounced infertile by Akin’s family, who dutifully intervene by procuring him a second wife—a younger woman who is described as beautiful and “pale yellow, like the inside of an unripe mango.” Overcome by grief, Yejide falls into despair, vowing to do whatever it takes become pregnant. What proceeds is a decades-long, emotionally ricocheting account of what it means to lose not only multiple children, but also one’s self-worth and sanity, and how those experiences differ for women and men in a deeply traditional community. Tap the link in our bio to read our full review and interview with the author. Photographed by @aaronbergerfoto.

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