The Moosehead Anthology: A Collection of Contemporary WritingRobert Allen |
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... hundred naira and I will manage the thing . " " Haba , " Malam Aliyu said . " Okay . Bring one hundred naira , " Yakubu said . " Or you will have yourself to blame . When you go to prison , " he added . " Prison ? " Malam Aliyu laughed ...
... hundred naira and I will manage the thing . " " Haba , " Malam Aliyu said . " Okay . Bring one hundred naira , " Yakubu said . " Or you will have yourself to blame . When you go to prison , " he added . " Prison ? " Malam Aliyu laughed ...
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... friends with the new Chief Inspector of Prisons ? " Malam Aliyu turned . " What do you want , Yakubu ? " He reached in his pocket and took out a tight roll of Naira . " Six hundred Naira . " " Na wa o 54 JENNIFER MITTON.
... friends with the new Chief Inspector of Prisons ? " Malam Aliyu turned . " What do you want , Yakubu ? " He reached in his pocket and took out a tight roll of Naira . " Six hundred Naira . " " Na wa o 54 JENNIFER MITTON.
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Ah Lan Ahmadu Alright ANN DIAMOND arms asked audience began bicycle repairman bird black gauze cap body breath Buntu buried burn Casspirs chain chain letter chicken chickencoop child Comrade Concordia University corpse cremate crematory dead death dreams driving eyes face Fadimatu father Fatty Jin felt finger fish and chips flame tree furnace girl Granny grasshopper haggis hair hand happened Hartland head heaven HENRY BEISSEL hundred Naira hydrofoil Inspector jump kitchen knew laughed leadership legs Leonard Cohen Listen Little Fatty live looked Malam Aliyu mind morning mother mouth never night Peking Peking Opera Peugot poems poet police Postville pulled pump pushed remember rocking rooster smile staring stick stood stopped suddenly talk tell things thought turned voice vulture walking wanted Warren's watching What's wheezing woman words Yakubu Mohammed young