Kosi Avotri
 Dr. Kosi Avotri is a Pediatrician employee of a community health center in Gadsden, Alabama. He was born and raised in Ghana (West Africa) where he graduated from Medical School. He has been practicing general pediatrics in predominantly underserved communities since completing Residency training in the US. Dr. Avotri is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. "Child of Polygamy" was jointly written by Dr. Avotri and his wife Nella who is a stay-at-home mom. Dr Avotri grew up in a polygamous family and knows a lot about the dynamics of such families through his personal experiences. |
Child of Polygamy
The story describes and explores family stress, sibling rivalry and the practice of polygamy as it existed in Ghana of the 1960s and 70s, as well as the interaction of the local religion with Christianity and how they influence one another. The novel tells the story of Safia, the youngest daughter of a fractured polygamous family in Ghana, West Africa. She was born in the house of her maternal grand father who was the village chief. Thus, most of her earliest memories consisted of some dramatic events in her grand father s life. Her rural life was peaceful and happy until age eleven when things changed drastically, and for the worse. As a result of her mother s sudden illness Safia was "forced" to spend the next four years in her father's house with her stepmother and stepsiblings. There, she was tormented, humiliated and isolated by her oldest stepsister. The book explores the young girl's attempt to cope with her tragedies while trying to learn and understand the local traditions, customs and beliefs, and how they conflicted with the Christian beliefs she was learning at school. |