one
one long night of savagery
this is
this is the house of god and i will not live to see it desecrated
the colonialists are…
a microcosm for the broader representation of colonialism
TAGD - TFA
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, an African novel set in Nigeria in the 1890s and published in 1958
TAGD - 7 Stages
The 7 Stages of Grieving by Deborah Mailman and Wesley Enoch, an Australian monodrama that traverses time and was first published in 1996 with additions later on
he did
he did pounce on people quite often
he who
he who brings kola brings life
the art
the art of conversation is regarded very highly
but his whole
but his whole life was dominated by fear
agbala
a feminine name for a man who had taken no title
yam stood
yam stood for manliness… Okonkwo wanted his son to be a great farmer and a great man
okonkwo was
okonkwo was inwardly pleased… and he knew it was due to ikemefuna
Umuofia has
umuofia has decided to kill him
he was afraid
he was afraid of being thought weak
Okonkwo had committed…
okonkwo had committed the female [murder]
what crime
what crime had they committed?
her wrath
her wrath was loosed on all the land and not just on the offender
all the gods
all the gods were dead and impotent
judged
judged cases in ignorance
the prison,
the prison, which was full of men who had offended against the white man’s law
our custom
our custom about land
neither of them
neither of them succeeded in converting the other but they learnt more about their different beliefs
tore off
tore off his mask… desecrated
their love
their love for superfluous words… monkey tricks
a reasonable
a reasonable paragraph
prologue: a large block
a large block of ice… thin layer of black powder framed by a scrape of white
nana’s story: songs, she took
delta dawn, she took so many stories with her to the grave […] who i am… gone
story of a father: everyone’s
everyone’s got to do it
black skin girl: attempts
attempts to evade the letters by removing her dress
invasion poem: told
told not to do what we have always done
aunty grace: her skin
her skin gone pale for want of sun
aunty grace: the woman begins
the woman begins to fill the case with red earth from the grave
mugshot
alleged, pump, pounding, pounding and pushing his limp body
bargaining: what
what is it worth
home story: are
are you with me?
home story: every one
every one has their place
home story: relocates
relocated them on the white fringing that defines the black performing area. now imagine when the children are taken away from this. are you with me? the woman flays her arm through the remaining large pile and circle, destroying it.
plea: i fear
i fear i can no longer grieve. what can i do?
walking across bridges: like
like a rainbow serpent