will read in The Guardian that reactionary ‘the Muslims in the North have a history of violence against non-Muslims and… she will remember she examined the nipples of a woman who is Hausa and a Muslim” (p.55) James; Ikenna I should have bent James being unable Nostalgia and grief; ‘Ghosts’ “…Perhaps down, grabbed a handful of to obtain his national identity; sand, and thrown it at him, in pension for years violence and war the way my people do to make (p.58-59) sure a person is not a ghost. But I am a Western-educated winds’ of the ‘dry man…and I am supposed to Harmattan season have armed myself with enough (p.59) science to laugh indulgently at the ways of my people”(p.57) The whirling dust and wind in the [Men under the flame tree, trees (p.65 and carpenters, gardeners] p.71) “…of course they nurse resentment, as they well should, but it has looking “Dried-up somehow managed to leave clerks” (p.57) their spirits whole” (p.59) Ikenna Okoro (“the [about Ikenna]: was an coming to life of a “There uncertainty about him, a man who died diffidence that seemed alien, thirty-seven years unlike the man who so easily ago”, p.60) got people to act” (p.62) Ikenna’s of in English has “Speaking “discoloured”, always had, for me, a laughter “hollow” disquieting finality”(p.64) (p.62) Description of Ikenna: man Desecrated items “A who carries with him the weight in the house in of what could have been” (p.66) Nsukka in 1970 (p.63) of the lives we “…thinking might have had” (p.71) Ripped photographs and of ruins” (p.65) broken photo “…landscape frames (p.63) time immersed in “…a possibilities” (p.66) The blood on the backseat of the car daughter Nkiru living in (p.65) America: life cushioned by so “a
will read in The Guardian that ‘the reactionary Muslims in the North have a history of violence against non-Muslims and… she will remember she examined the nipples of a woman who is Hausa and a Muslim” (p.55) ‘Ghosts’ James; Ikenna “…Perhaps I should have bent down, grabbed a handful of sand, and thrown it at him, in the way my people do to make sure a person is not a ghost. But I am a Western-educated man…and I am supposed to have armed myself with enough science to laugh indulgently at the ways of my people”(p.57) [Men under the flame tree, carpenters, gardeners] “…of course they nurse resentment, as they well should, but it has somehow managed to leave their spirits whole” (p.59) [about Ikenna]: “There was an uncertainty about him, a diffidence that seemed alien, unlike the man who so easily got people to act” (p.62) “Speaking of in English has always had, for me, a disquieting finality”(p.64) Description of Ikenna: “A man who carries with him the weight of what could have been” (p.66) “…thinking of the lives we might have had” (p.71) “…landscape of ruins” (p.65) “…a time immersed in possibilities” (p.66) daughter Nkiru living in America: “a life cushioned by so James being unable to obtain his pension for years (p.58-59) ‘dry winds’ of the Harmattan season (p.59) The whirling dust and wind in the trees (p.65 and p.71) “Dried-up looking clerks” (p.57) Ikenna Okoro (“the coming to life of a man who died thirty-seven years ago”, p.60) Ikenna’s “discoloured”, “hollow” laughter (p.62) Desecrated items in the house in Nsukka in 1970 (p.63) Ripped photographs and broken photo frames (p.63) The blood on the backseat of the car (p.65) Nostalgia and grief; national identity; violence and war
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