Prologue and First Half of Phase 1 (pages 65-73)

badua not liking how anowa does not want to get married (badua)

“Any mother would be concerned if her daughter refused to get married six years after puberty.”

how anowa is first described (old man)

"But what shall we say of our child, The unfortunate Anowa? 

how anowa is being referred to as (old man)

"A dainty little pot/ Well baked, And polished smooth/ To set in a nobleman's corner"

description of badua’s dream child (badua)

“I want my child

To be a human woman

Marry a man, 

Tend a farm

And be happy to see her

Peppers and onions grow.

introducing the setting of the play

“Abura, must surely be one of the best pieces of land, Odomankoma, our creator, has given to man”

main description of kofi about how he is disliked by most women (badua)

“I never counted Kofi Ako among my sons--in-law…this good for nothing cassava man, this watery male of all watery males.”