Across
- 2. Village gathering area and playing field
- 4. Fruit from a Kola tree
- 6. A short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice
- 7. Elders
- 9. A strong deep bowl in which substances are pounder or crushed with a pestle
- 10. Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior
- 12. Something awarded to someone as a recompense for loss, injury, or suffering
- 14. Bird that flies endlessly
- 15. Showing off, bragging
Down
- 1. An evergreen tropical American tree which bears fruit in the form of large woody gourds
- 3. Dry and dusty wind on the West Africa coast, occurring from December to February
- 5. The quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress
- 8. Deserving contempt; despicable
- 11. Simulated or pretended, insincere
- 13. A string of beads worn around a Nigerian woman's waist