Across
- 2. Among the Ibo the art of _____ is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten
- 4. But Unoka was such a man that he always succeeded in borrowing more, and _____ up his debts
- 5. He spoke through an interpreter who was an Ibo man, though his dialect was different and harsh to the ears of Mbanta. Many people laughed at his dialect and the way he used words strangely. Instead of saying ‘myself’ he always said ‘my ___'
- 8. Nwoye knew that it was right to be masculine and to be ___, but somehow he still preferred the stories that his mother used to tell
- 9. One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of ___ words, he thought
Down
- 1. The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused by his ____ and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one
- 3. Low voices, broken now and again by ____ , reached Okonkwo from his wives’ huts as each woman and her children told folk stories. Ekwefi and her daughter, Ezinma, sat on the mat on the floor. It was Ekwefi’s turn to tell a story. ‘Once upon a time,’ she began...
- 4. It was the ____ of the new religion, something felt in the marrow. He felt a relief within as the hymn poured into his parched soul. The words of the hymn were like drops of frozen rain melting on the dry palate of the panting earth
- 6. If your in-law brings wine to you, let your sister go with him. I ____ you
- 7. Dangerous animals became even more sinister and uncanny in the dark. A snake was never called by its name at night, because it would hear. It was called a ___