Obehi Peter Ewanfoh Quotes

• “Mi piacerebbe essere come te, Pa. Mi piacerebbe non aver paura, per tutta la vita! Pg.67”

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• “Sei tu che hai bisogno di andare, Amende. Va’ a casa; i tuoi amici ti aspettano”, disse Ikpea. Pg.74”

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• “Ho visto Amende…! E’ nella Foresta del Male. Ho visto anche Ikpea. Pg.81-82”

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• “Kukurukuuu,’ our big rooster crowed as usual and it nearly put me off my sleep. My eyes were neither open nor close. In trying to go back to sleep I rolled to both sides on my small wooden bed, covered with a mat. The room was partially dark and warm, sleepless rats busy under my bed in search of food.”

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• “I still remember many things about the man. ‘He had plenty of goatees and a big pair of eyeglass, the colour of brown water. He was sitting in an office chair, which unintentionally swung him back and front, revealing his large stomach. As if he had perfectly balanced my age with my height, he asked me to raise my right hand above my head and touch my left ear. Pg. 12, Still Owing Me Goodbye”

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• “Tell me my little children, what crime has this lizard committed that it must die this evening?” There was silence. In raising my head like a joke, I tried to laugh. That was the same time I realized that grandma was dead serious with us.Pg.26”

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• “The feast was seen everywhere and in everything. Some women in semi-dresses were busy doing many things at once. Domestic animals were crying their last, with knives on their throats. They too were celebrating the feast in their own ways.Pg.93”

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• “Twenty good friends cannot live together in twenty good years”. We were more than twenty who left the school and the simple statement was beginning to echo hard in my ear, as if grandma actually had that particular day in mind. Pg.100”

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• “Grandma; it was to grandma I truly wanted to have returned, but she was no more. I could only remember the day she died. The tears mother shed on me, as if I was going to face a more difficult world than any other member of our family. Pg.100”

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• “This land has brought forth numerous children, favouring both the bad and the good ones. It is not the land that is responsible for the people’s hardships, it is the people themselves. Pg.8”

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• “Dry your tears, woman, the boy will be found. Nobody can do him anything…” Gradually, the tears began to dry from Etusi’s eyes, thanks to Okokpujie’s words, a mighty force that swung the entire village to action. Pg.38”

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• “I wish I were like you pa. I wish I had not been afraid, all my life! Pg.55”

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• “It is you who need to go, Amende. Go home; your friends are waiting for you. Pg.63”

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• “I have seen Ikpea too. Ikpea is not dead; he is in the evil forest with Amende… Pg.70”

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• “Questa terra ha cresciuto numerosi figli, favorendo sia quelli buoni che quelli cattivi. Non è la terra la responsabile delle avversità della gente, è la gente stessa”, raccontava Okokpujie, il cantastorie del villaggio, a una folla di bambini accorsi come sempre ad ascoltarlo. Pg.16”

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• “Asciuga le tue lacrime, donna, il ragazzo verrà ritrovato. Nessuno può fargli nulla…,” Okokpujie scompigliò i capelli di Etusi e si allontanò. Pg.48”

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