{"product_id":"the-shipikisha-club-9781913175900","title":"The Shipikisha Club","description":"\u003cp\u003eA woman on trial. A marriage built on silence. A culture that demands endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSali, a working mother of three, is on trial for the murder of her husband, Kasunga. Accused of shooting him after a fight in their bedroom, she pleads not guilty and must rely on an overworked legal aid lawyer as a courtroom hungry for judgement looks on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFourteen years earlier, Sali’s life was shaped by a different kind of violence. The pressure to conform, to endure, to shipikisha. When an affair with a wealthy, married man ends in sudden death, she enters a loveless marriage to escape the shame of unwed motherhood. What follows is a life marked by infidelity, financial strain, postnatal depression and quiet suffering, until endurance finally gives way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through a braided narrative moving between past and present, The Shipikisha Club is a powerful literary novel about marriage, motherhood and the devastating cost of silence in contemporary Zambia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mubanga Kalimamukwento\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction: special features\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 Jul 2026 by Cassava Republic Press.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mubanga Kalimamukwento","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320823062906,"sku":"9781913175900","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781913175900.jpg?v=1790662955","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-shipikisha-club-9781913175900","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}