Yinka wants to find love, but since breaking up with her boyfriend Femi three years ago, love has eluded her. Yinka’s mum and her aunties also want her to find love and to her dismay think nothing of embarrassing her by loudly and publicly praying for her delivery from singledom, as well as comparing her to her younger Kemi, who’s married and pregnant.
When her cousin Rachel gets engaged, Yinka embarks on a mission to ‘Find A Date for Rachel’s Wedding’. But finding a man that will love her for who she is, doesn’t mind that she has a small bum, oh and can accept that she doesn’t believe in sex before marriage, proves more difficult in reality than on the post-it notes she writes her plans on. With options ranging from the absolutely gorgegeous, and possible player Alex, Derek, the kind and well-intentioned guy, to the sometimes objectional and argumentative Donovan, can Yinka find love without losing her sense of self in the process?
Relatable as it is funny, Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? is a heartwarming read and perfect for the summer. There were so many moments where I laughed aloud, as I cringed, remembering similar situations had happened to me, especially the scenes between Yinka and her mother and aunts. The public praying, yep been there! The comparison to your agemates, yep that too!
But what really hit home for me was the toll dating and relationships can take upon a woman’s psyche. The sheer number of hoops it seems that women, Black women in particular, have to jump through to be deemed desirable and worthy of love and attention from the opposite sex is overwhelming and in actual fact a lie. As Yinka sinks into desperation and depression, not helped by the fact that she’s also looking for a job, having been made redundant, it becomes clear that what’s more important is the relationship you have with yourself.
It’s a lesson that took me a very long time to learn, and in a sense I’m still learning. Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband, does a fine job in reminding us of that.
Just Read It 