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In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest - without asking ...more

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Looking at a king's mouth, ' said an old man, 'one would think he never sucked at his mother's breast.

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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.