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 147
... told Zaza in strong voice that I must go and look for my young wife and my mama . And Zaza said yes , I must go because any soza who is proper soza cannot stay when all him people are missing and just answer soza for name for nothing ...
... told Zaza in strong voice that I must go and look for my young wife and my mama . And Zaza said yes , I must go because any soza who is proper soza cannot stay when all him people are missing and just answer soza for name for nothing ...
Page 153
... told lie about enemy and no enemy . But was it not the enemy that saved my life ? And all those Dukana people who have already dead , is it enemy that killed them ? Is it not that foolish Chief Commander General who told his sozas to ...
... told lie about enemy and no enemy . But was it not the enemy that saved my life ? And all those Dukana people who have already dead , is it enemy that killed them ? Is it not that foolish Chief Commander General who told his sozas to ...
Page 154
... told me that my mama and my wife are not in that camp . That he does not think that they are near that camp sef . Because he have seen some soza captains taking them away in a lorry . He think that because my Agnes is very beautiful gal ...
... told me that my mama and my wife are not in that camp . That he does not think that they are near that camp sef . Because he have seen some soza captains taking them away in a lorry . He think that because my Agnes is very beautiful gal ...
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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