The Concubine by Elechi Amadi
The title of this novel is justified because

• A.Ihuoma the heroine,is everyone's concubine
• B.Ihuoma having once been married to Emenike has vowed never to marry again
• C.everyone who married Ihuoma or expressed a wish to do so came to harm
• D.Ihuoma prefers to be mistress rather than a wife
• E.being the spirit-wife of the jealous sea-king,any marriage subsequently contracted cannot be valid;she is condemned to the status of a concubine.