TFA and 7 Stages Quotes etc.

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