Violated is an intriguing, suspenseful and titillating collection of ten interlocking stories rendered in simple, highly descriptive and sensual style. It treats an interesting medley of themes and centres on women’s ugly experiences in life and the devastating consequences of years of great crises in Jos, popularly known as the nation’s Tin City.

Amaka Azuike is a professor of African Literature and Women’s Studies with the Department of English, University of Jos, and was the Department’s immediate past Head. She is a novelist and a poet who has over twenty-five years of professional work experience in lecturing at the university level. She is the author of Campus Blues, Gentle Giants and a co-author of Tides of Time which are novels and a poetry collection respectively. Violated is her first collection of short stories. Her creative works are a quest for self-autonomy for all her female protagonists who she depicts as vulnerable and are more susceptible to gendered oppression and violence. She is an advocate of comprehensive sexuality education which empowers young adults to make responsible choices in life. Her writings also tend to cast a satiric light on the cultural norms that exist to repress female potentialities.
Amaka (Nee Mazeli) hails from Onitsha in Anambra State, Nigeria, but lives in Jos. She actively mentors the youth; particularly the females and is a staunch advocate of equal rights, transparency, justice and fairness. In her spare time, she loves travelling and listening to sentimental music.