Against the Wind

A novel of struggle and survival. In a rustic northern Nigerian setting, the major character, Sani faces multiple problems, his only crime was being born the only male in an extended family and that leads to clash or rather, clash of clans, at a tender age he lost both parents and had to struggle for survival under the care of his step mother. That saw him suffer and subsequently joins his grandmother Kulwa and Uncle Sambo. He passes through a new experience before he finally goes to the city of Zaria to earn himself a degree in Mass Communication having applied for Law and was not offered.
In the course of his study Sani falls in love with Fati who was from a higher class and saw a clash with Ismail who was her cousin and also from the wealthy family, that saw the clash of class or economic status and how that played out in the selection of her husband. At some point, Fati was forced to marry her cousin Ismail and she eventually declined despite her no-nonsense father. When he insisted, Fati threatened and attempted suicide. That brought her father to accept her desire to marry Sani, a poor hamlet young man.
Unfortunately, after this, Sani was caught fondling with Zulaihat who was Fati's bosom friend. At first Zulaihat hated Sani with the greatest degree of resentment but along the line somehow she either developed likeness for him or hatred that she went to Sani's house and attempted raping him, conniving with Ismail to call Fati's attention to what was happening and the location. That saw an end to her love for Sani and finally decides to marry Ismail.
When in their marriage she discovers that Zulaihat is pregnant for her husband and blackmails him to marry her, Fati made sure she divorces him and resettled with Sani. Sani never marries afterwards until Fati came to him after divorce but unfortunately something happened...