Section 5: Chapter 6 Summary

As night falls in Accra and light blazes from Hotel Twentieth Century, Esi and Opokuya are still talking since Kubi has not yet arrived. Opokuya asks Esi if another woman ruined her marriage, but Esi assures her friend that her marriage failed because Oko resented every minute she could not be with him and wanted her to change her job though he was first attracted to her because of her air of independence. Opokuya agrees that men want sharp, active women but fail to realize that she will grow bored and dissatisfied when she changes her job. Opokuya asks if Esi will remarry, but Esi does not want another husband to sit on her back all day. Opokuya claims it is frightening that societies have no patience with single women and do not even admit they exist as they see a...