She was imprisoned in her home in this manner for two years.. 
Awon iwe ere-onitan re mejeeji ti won ti te jade ti fun ni idanimo ti o to, ati pelu gbigba ami-eye South African Literary Award fun onkowe ti won te ise re jade fun igba akoko , ti o si je aṣayan fun South African Sunday Times Fiction prize,,  M-Net Literary Awards 2012, ati 2013 Etisalat prize for Literature, ati ti o je yiyan fun 2017 Bailey's Women's prize for Fiction.Ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ ayé ati eko won bi Yéwándé Omotoso ni Bridgetown, Barbados; ati láàárin odun kan ti won bi i ni oun ati iya re omo Barbados lo, baba re omo Naijiria ati awon egbon re okunrin meji si Naijiria.. 