Things Fall Apart

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Across
  1. 2. the name of one of the four market days
  2. 6. worthless man
  3. 8. a dye used by women for drawing patterns on the skin
  4. 9. old woman
  5. 11. a religious offence of a kind abhorred by everyone, literally earth's taboo.
  6. 13. the land of the brave
  7. 15. showing off; bragging
  8. 17. good person
  9. 18. a wide group of kinsmen (the masculine form of the word umada).
  10. 19. court messenger. the word is not of Ibo origin but is a corruption of "court messenger."
  11. 21. the village green, where assemblies for sports , discussions, ect., take place
  12. 22. a musical instrument; kind of gong
  13. 24. outcast
Down
  1. 1. masquerader who impersonates one of the ancestral spirits of the village.
  2. 3. a kind of bird
  3. 4. a shout of approval and greeting
  4. 5. a curse or oath
  5. 7. part of the betrothal ceremony when the dowry is paid
  6. 10. fever
  7. 12. the large living quarters of the head of the family
  8. 14. a special kind of stone which forms the link between an ogbanje and the spirit world
  9. 16. elders
  10. 20. the name of one of the titles or ranks
  11. 22. murder or manslaughter
  12. 23. a small bird