Sozaboy: A Novel in Rotten EnglishSozaboy describes the fortunes of a young naive recruit in the Nigerian Civil War: from the first proud days of recruitment to the disillusionment, confusion and horror that follows. The author's use of 'rotten English' - a mixture of Nigerian pidgin English, broken English and idiomatic English - makes this a unique and powerful novel. |
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Page 12
... Dukana . Always we must reach Dukana before night time unless something is wrong . I myself as apprentice driver in ' Progres ' , I am prouding plenty . Because I take my work serious . And as I am going to Pitakwa every day , I am ...
... Dukana . Always we must reach Dukana before night time unless something is wrong . I myself as apprentice driver in ' Progres ' , I am prouding plenty . Because I take my work serious . And as I am going to Pitakwa every day , I am ...
Page 31
... Dukana . I fight for three years in the forest of Burma . Haba . You can hear the gun in the night making Gbagam ... reach Dukana ? I don't think they know . Because if they know they will be praying for me . Some time they are praying ...
... Dukana . I fight for three years in the forest of Burma . Haba . You can hear the gun in the night making Gbagam ... reach Dukana ? I don't think they know . Because if they know they will be praying for me . Some time they are praying ...
Page 66
... Dukana , nobody is worrying about the war . Only there is no salt . The people do not like that at all . Then Pastor ... reach Dukana as everybody is saying . But I know that whether the war reach Dukana or not , I must be soza so that I ...
... Dukana , nobody is worrying about the war . Only there is no salt . The people do not like that at all . Then Pastor ... reach Dukana as everybody is saying . But I know that whether the war reach Dukana or not , I must be soza so that I ...
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African Upwine Bar Agnes with J.J.C. already dead Awright beat big big boys Burma bush camp Chief Birabee Chief Commander chooking chop church cloth Diobu drink Duzia everything fear fight finish front girl give hand happening happy hear Hitla inside Iwoama juju kain Kaiza Kampala Ken Saro-Wiwa kill koboko land rover left right LOMBER look lorry mama Mamy water Manmuswak marry morning mother motor night Oh yes old soza palm wine Papa Pastor Barika pepper picken Pitakwa porson Praps prisoner proper quick quick reach Dukana return to Dukana salt san mazor shoot shouting singing sleep smiling soza captain Sozaboy sozaman stay stupid tall Tan Papa tell Terr Kole tief told town trouble true true uniform walk small walking wetin woman worry ye-ye young wife Agnes Zaza