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The village ilo where they always gatheredfor a moonplay was empty. The women of Iguedo did not meet intheir secret enclosure to learn a new dance to be displayed later tothe village. Young men who were always abroad in the moonlightkept their huts that night. Their manly voices were not heard on thevillage paths as they went to visit their friends and lovers. Umuofiawas like a startled animal with ears erect, sniffing the silent,ominous air and not knowing which way to run.The silence was broken by the village crier beating his sonorousogene. links of london sale
He called every man in Umuofia, from the Akakanma agegroup upwards, to a meeting in the marketplace after the morningmeal. He went from one end of the village to the other and walkedall its breadth. He did not leave out any of the main footpaths.Okonkwo's compound was like a deserted homestead. It was as ifcold water had been poured on it. His family was all there, buteveryone spoke in whispers. links of london sales His daughter Ezinma had broken hertwentyeight day visit to the family of her future husband, andreturned home when she heard that her father had been imprisoned,and was going to be hanged. As soon as she got home she went to Obierika to ask what the men of Umuofia were going to do about it.But Obierika had not been home since morning. His wives thoughthe had gone to a secret meeting. Ezinma was satisfied thatsomething was being done.On the morning after the village crier's appeal the men of Umuofiamet in the marketplace and decided to collect without delay twohundred and fifty bags of cowries to appease the white man. cheap links london
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