Ba writes at the beginning of chapter nine: “Friendship has a more constant code of behavior than that of love. Friendship can be stronger than the affection born of blood ties” (Scarlet Song 152). Female friendship or community building is not a new trend, but today's society seems to have chosen to ignore it. Dating from the 19th century, “…an abundance of manuscript evidence suggests that women in the 18th and 19th centuries regularly formed emotional bonds with other women” (Women in Culture 372). And contrary to what women have internalized about other women and their friendships – “…women are so wary of any interest that has no obvious motive behind it, so terribly accustomed to concealment and repression …” (NATC 900). These women all felt the comfort of having another person to interact with outside of their oppressive relationships. There is an expression of what women are supposed to be to each other in The Peach Keeper: “We are connected, as women. It's like a spider web. If any part of that web is vibrating, if there's a problem, we all know it, but most of the time we're just too scared, or selfish, or insecure to help. If we don’t help each other, who will” (Addison 2011)? This explains why Cordelia, Adaku and Nnu Ego