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