I had big plans for the weekend.
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
One Day
“There is no story that is not true,” said Uchendu. “The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others.”
— from Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
Monday is market day in Sampa; I usually wake when I hear Esther stirring and leaving early to sell yams. But today, my 5am alarm went off and I hadn’t yet heard her. I’m usually up well before five myself, but set the alarm anyway out of habit.
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Monkey Business
During the last week and a half, I’ve had the pleasure of getting to spend some time with a baby monkey, orphaned when hunters shot the mother for meat.
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Parts of Speech
I was sitting on my porch, reading by lamp light, and only vaguely aware of the activity when Auntie Amma and Margaret ran by, shouting, and Esther followed. I looked up and thought that probably some of the kids were in trouble again. Esther had been yelling at them all evening.
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Hawk and Hen
Hawk and Hen lived together in a small house. One day, Hen was sick and did not want to go out and work. Hawk said to Hen, “Give me your cutlass; I am going into the bush and will use it to cut wood to make a drum.”
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