To the dismay of her ambitious mother, Bolanle marries into a polygamous family, where she is the fourth wife of a rich, rotund patriarch, Baba Segi. She is a graduate and therefore a great prize, but even graduates must produce children and her husband’s persistent bellyache is a sign that things are not as they should be. Bolanle is too educated for the ‘white garment conmen’ Baba Segi would usually go to for fertility advice, so he takes her to hospital to discover the cause of her barrenness.

Mma has just buried her mother, and now she is alone.

She has been left everything.

But she’s also inherited her mother’s bad name.

A bold, brash woman, the only thing her mother refused to discuss was her past. Why did she flee her family and bring her daughter to a new town when she was a baby? What was she escaping from?

Abandoned now, Mma has no knowledge of her father or her family – but she is desperate to find out.

Night Dancer is a powerful and moving novel about the relationship between mothers and daughters, about the bonds of family, about knowing when to fulfil your duty, and when you must be brave enough not to.

“Reward Nsirim?s stories paint graphic pictures of life in Nigeria. They tell tales that are very familiar, in a voice that is sharp and succinct, quivering with the author?s signature wit. Some will move you to heavy sighs, maybe even the odd tear; others will leave you bent over with laughter. But they will move you one way or the other, as every good story should.” Dikeogu Chukwumerije.

Is a collection of the author’s opinion articles and posts previously narrated in the print media and blogosphere. The thematic unity of the entire conversation lies not in its uniformity but in its diversity. This is a story of contemporary Nigeria, but not confined to Nigeria alone. Dyed Thoughts places events in history but pours them out with an inspiring freshness.