And So I Roar is the follow-up that I didn’t know I needed! I read and loved The Girl with the Louding Voice, and I thought it had all come to a satisfactory end, and Adunni would be able to get on with her life with Tia’s help. But it seems that the skeletons in Adunni’s closet are coming out, no matter what - along with Tia’s. 


Adunni is forcibly taken back to her village by the Chief and the person who brought her to Lagos, so that she can atone for the suspected murder she has fled from in TGWTLV. The village has been affected by drought, and the sins of a number of girls is apparently to blame. 


At the same time, Tia’s mother is dying, and Tia has argued with her about something that happened when Tia was a teenager. 


But all that pales in the face of what Adunni and the other women and girls go through at the tribal court. 


There are themes of rape, child brides, baby factories, FGM and women as second class citizens, resigned to a life of domestic drudgery. 


And then there’s the reason for the tribal court. Drought, caused by climate change and deforestation. 


This is a really hard-hitting novel, and even in its darkest moments the strength of the female characters shines through. I loved this book as much as the first. 


And before you ask, you DEFINITELY need to read the first book before you read And So I Roar!