Gabrielle Uche Egenti-Amunike

Empty Dreams Gabrielle Uche Egenti-Amunike

"Empty Dreams" bear a dominant black image, of the girl child and women in the African society generally. It addresses the nature and family pattern of the African heritage. Using the story of a girl called Ginika, her life from cradle to adulthood. The torture she experienced in the Baby factory the dehumanizing, sexual demonization and inhuman treatment meted on the girls in captivity."Empty Dreams" paints a picture of the present Nigerian society and the black race generally. Modern day slavery, slaves who love their chains and the masters. The supremacy of the male child in Africa, the place of the girl child, it's constituted negativity and consequences. The book is an array of characters filled with happiness, humour, bitterness, rape, trafficking, abuse, slavery and freedom.