Vasundhara

Dantala Lives in Bayan Layi. Nigeria and studies in a Sufi Quranic school. By chance he meets gang leader Banda, and is thrust into a world of fluid rules and casual violence. In the aftermath of presidential elections, Dantala runs away and ends up living in a salafi mosque. slowly and through the hurdles of adolescence, he embraces salafism as preached by his new benefactor, Sheikh Jamal. Dantala falls in love sheikh’s daughter, Aisha, and tries to court her within the acceptable limits of a conservative setting. Meanwhile, sheikh struggles to deal with growing jihadist extremism within his own ranks. This novel explores life, love, friendship, loss and the effects of extremist politic and religion on everyday life in Northern Nigeria.