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 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 back to the nineteenth century, "...the abundance of manuscript evidence suggests that eighteenth- and nineteenth-century women routinely 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 suspicious of any interest that doesn't have an obvious reason behind it, so terribly accustomed to concealment and repression…” ( NATC 900). All of these women have experienced the comfort that comes from having another person to relate to outside of their oppressive relationships. There is an expression of what women should be to each other in The Peach Keeper: "We are connected, as women. It's It's like a spider's web. If any part of that web vibrates, if there's trouble , we all know this, but most of the time we are 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