Chapter Twelve

This is one of the few chapters that the culture actually relates similarly to American traditions. In this chapter, a wedding takes place, marrying Obierika’s daughter, Akueke, to Ibe, her suitor. It is amazing at how many people get involved with a marriage. The whole clan participates, all the wives cook, while the children cause havoc (setting the cows loose), and the men all talk and eat kola nuts and drink wine. Then the in-laws come and the marriage took place, then they all ate foo-foo, and then had like a dance and the couple received gifts, sort of like a normal wedding. And just a question, what the heck is foo-foo. I’m assuming it has something to do with yams, that’s just a guess, I’m not sure.