He also spends much of the book continuing to accuse Dahlia of theft, so he’s emotionally abusive on that front, too. Kofi is a kidnapper, a bully, and a rapist and I hope he rots in hell. This entire plot is built on the premise of unapologetic and largely unacknowledged rape. You know what sex under duress is, Kofi? It’s rape. Then Kofi tells Dahlia that she can stay with her son if she goes back to Zamibia with him and marries him and has more babies. Kofi blithers away about how Dahlia is a lying thief and he’s the best and the most richest etc, etc.

Nothing Kofi said or did for the rest of the book redeemed him in my eyes for threatening to kidnap the baby and telling Dahlia that he can get away with it because he has money, he has power, he has diplomatic immunity, blah, blah, blah. Do you think your government will stop me? They will laugh at you.įuck you, Kofi. I only have to make a phone call and we’ll be in the air and on the way to Zamibia. This is “I have power and you don’t.” Here’s Kofi explaining things:Īnd how do you propose to stop me? The royal plane is at my disposal. This isn’t: “I want to get to know my kid and I want shared custody,” either. …Kofi shows up to kidnap the baby (Noel is just over two years old at the start of the book). So Dahlia, who is not a thief, thank you VERY much, raises her son, Noel, on her own until…

When Dahlia found out that she was pregnant, she tried to contact Kofi, but was told by Kofi’s right-hand-man that Kofi had a wife already, which was true, and which Kofi had neglected to tell Dahlia. Once upon a time, this asshole, Crown Prince Kofi Francois Karunzika of Zamibia, spent some time in New York where he had an affair with a woman named Dahlia, accused her of theft, and left. The one thing this book did well was present a positive view of an African country, albeit a made-up one. However, the country is portrayed in positive and optimistic terms overall. For one thing, sexism is clearly an issue there. The fictional Zamibia is not a perfect utopia. There is a real country in Africa called The Republic of Zambia, but it is a different place from the imaginary country of Zamibia in the book.

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