Badu is mesmerized by the beauty and wit of the charming Ekemma. However, he faces powerful forces bent on keeping them apart. In 1651, twenty-three years later, Badu is a wanted man after leading a slave revolt in Barbados. He is determined to keep his family safe, no matter the risks of torture and death.Shelter in a Hostile World depicts the strength, resilience, and courage of enslaved and marginalized people in the Caribbean.

     Shelter in a Hostile World skillfully depicts life in seventeenth-century Igboland and Barbados, weaving exciting details about Igbo history as lived experiences rather than a sociological study.