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Niketche:A tale of Poligamy
Romance written by the mozambican author Paulina Chiziane, the original title in portuguese is[ Niketche:Uma história de poligamia]. The book was published in 2002 in Portugal by Caminho.

Literary Prize
The book was awarded the prize José Craveirinha in 2003.

Synopsis
The book is organized in 43 chapters. Chapter 20 is the one where we can find the metaphor of the book beyond the lines. The story is locates in Maputo, and narrates a series of polygamous situations and encounters among different mozambican characters who have moved from the villages to the main city bringing their cultural differences with them. The protagonist Rami and her spouse Tony are married since long time and have kids together. Their relationship is sealed by the church and seems to escape the traditional laws of polygamy in use in many region of the country. After prolonged and numerous absences, Rami discovers that her husband has a series of relationships and kids with other women. From the point of discovery on the book relates the encounters and crashes of the protagonist Rami with each of her husband's other women, and to the successive union of the women against the alleged husband. The series of situations that the book describes leads to the formation of a new sense of solidarity and friendship among women. Rami and her former rivals start a business activity and become financially independent. At this point the kind of love that Tony was representing and proposing is refused, and book ends on the paradox of a polygamous single man.

Message
The series of situations described in the book transmit a message solidarity for the women. All women should be unite and find their strength in a business of financial nature rather than in the fictional and traditional security of a marriage. The book offers the perspective a an more just and equal love. For this reason has attracted the attention of the feminist critics.

Antecedents
The theme of polygamy had already been explored by the author in her previous book " Balada do Amor ao Vento"