“According to teacher, there were five methods: by man, by a…
“According to teacher, there were five methods: by man, by animals, by water, by wind, and by explosive mechanism. Even those pupils who forgot all the other methods remembered “explosive mechanism. Chike was naturally impressed by teacher’s explosive vocabulary.”
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“In my view language was the most important vehicle through which that [colonial] power fascinated and held the soul prisoner. The bullet was the means of the physical subjugation. Language was the means of the spiritual subjugation.”
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“At the cross, at the cross where I found the Lord… he was doing it for her… he had singled only her out of the thrilling throng… of this she was certain… came the dancing and she was even more certain of his love… he was doing it for her. Lord, I have been loved once… once… I have been loved, Lord… And those moments in Ilmorog forest and woods were part of her: what a moaning, oh, Lord what a moaning… and the drums and the tambourins were now moaning in her dancing heart. She was truly Miriamu.”
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