The couple was forcefully and absurdly united, after which Afi was sent to live alone in the groom’s spare condo in Accra, awaiting the stranger husband’s infrequent and unexpected visits. She hoped that Afi’s youth and modesty, as well as her lack of support and education, could come in handy in luring his son out of “that woman’s” embrace. Elikem’s mother, the head of the Ganyo family, despised the Liberian woman her son had chosen and with whom he has already had a child. Afi’s uncle, the head of the Tekple family, saw significant financial relief in the wealth and kindness of Elikem Ganyo, a successful young businessman from the country’s capital. The two families gathered to execute an arranged and forced marital union that would bind the young couple to an equally rectangular life within the strict and absurd confines of their community. “The ceremony was held on the third Saturday in January in the rectangular courtyard” of Afi’s uncle’s house.
“Elikem married me in absentia he did not come to our wedding,” the young Afi Tekple narrates her story.
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