The Looming Fog

{{Short description|Novel by Rosemary Esehagu}}

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| image = The Looming Fog.jpg

| name = The Looming Fog

| author = Rosemary Esehagu

| cover_artist = Sean Michael Chavez

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre = Literary Fiction

| publisher = Oge Creations Books

| release_date = June 15, 2006

| media_type = Print (Paperback)

| pages = 288 (paperback edition)

| isbn = 1-933496-00-2

| isbn_note = (paperback edition)

| dewey = 813/.6 22

| congress = PS3605.S44 L66 2006

| oclc = 61476960

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The Looming Fog is the 2006 debut novel by the Nigerian writer, Rosemary Esehagu.{{Cite web |title=Rosemary Esehagu, Author at AfricanWriter.com |url=https://www.africanwriter.com/author/rosemary-esehagu/ |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=AfricanWriter.com |language=en-US}} The story follows the life of an intersex child as they struggle to live in a pre-colonial village in Nigeria that considers the anomaly an abomination.{{Cite web |title=The Looming Fog |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1980621.The_Looming_Fog |access-date=2023-09-10 |website=Goodreads |language=en}}

Through this nameless protagonist and narrator, one becomes aware of other members of this small society, including the second main character, Kayinne, who is the only surviving child of an elderly couple. She must battle with her society concerning her desire to become a healer — a major taboo for a woman in Nigerian society.