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Title A name given to the resource LibArt 2021 Subject The topic of the resource 2021 LibArt Exhibition images Description An account of the resource Student art submissions to the 2021 LibArt Exhibition Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stain Subject The topic of the resource LibArt 2021 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Niya McAdoo Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Held by creator Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Paper and fabric, 9x9" https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/976c9b11b1ad05037151facc846f140a.pdf 2c961963053699bc7b9535cac737c8ab PDF Text Text BEWARE O F WOMEN ,WHY. WOMEN ARE NOT TRUSTED Price 2/6d ���BEWARE OF WOMEN N. 0. NJOKU DEDICATED Mr. B. A. CHINAKA SHELL B. P. Copies Obtainable from, NJOKU & SONS BOOKSHOP, c/o 6 Arondizuogu Street, Fegge-Onitsha, Price 2/6d. Copy Rght Reserved. �INTRODUCTION When you travel to other continents of the world you see that women of that parts, behave better and more lovely than our mongerish Afriean Women. Our womeu know nothing than to pretend, to talk lies. to trick and say, "give me money" if you don't give them the money your word will be ignored. They don't know how to serve, to obey, to love, to pet and talk the truth. They are rather licensed liars Only very few are fair. In order t o discipline them, this little but effective booklet, has been produced. For your information; the letters contained in this bonklet and the investigation conducted are imaginary, real names of persons are not intended to be mentioned, but if by accident any one mentioned in this booklet happens to be your name, please accept my sincere apology. I must he greatful to Mr. OKENWA OLlSAH whose valuable advlce a ~ correction, have:entirely helped d to give this work its position before the reading public. NATHAN NJOKfJ the Author, and also sole %tributor of the fo!lowing Book:(1) "No Condition is Permanent" (2) "A Guide to Marriage by N. Njoku (3) "Man Suffers" All orders to Nathan Njoku, 6 Arondi zuogu Street, Feggc. Onitsha. �Those who have been liquidated, poisoned and disgraced by women would agree with me that this booklet is a first class booklet for men. I read i t in manuscript and take this opportunity t o appreciate its excellent contents. The author Mr. Nathan Njoku, a young but experienced writer, is neither a hater nor antagonist of wemen, but lover of his fellow men, a bold and an impartial observer. To my own understanding this booklet is never telling you not to talk t o any woman, or telling you t o hate them or make them encmy. No, it is tellicg you to beware of them, that is to be on your own guide. I must congratulate Mr. Njoku for producing this fine work, and I recommend it, for reading, to you, your family your relatives and friends Read on The Editor. �CONTENTS Page 5 Beware of women Who is That? 6 No Money, You are Talking for Nothing 8 My wife wants to rule my house 11 My wife ran away from me Stopping twins for maintenance sake 12 My advice to men against women 13 14 A ran Away wife My w~fe taking all my money t o her family 15 is My husband wants to leave me 16 My lover wants to oommit :uicide 17 Question for every body 18 The woman who ran four-forty 19 How my enemy got me through my girl's friend 22 I called my dog 24 I went bazk to my friend She paid me aoother w i t 25 She took an offence Passers-bye separated us 26 > , My dog came out My enemies heard every thing 27 Another doctor called 28 No money again I had a friend 29 33 Still in love secretly Men are powerfill and d o suffer 34 Questions for men 35 47 Questions for boys 48 Questions for glrls 49 Marl versus money 50 Authors comment ., - ,9 I , 93 �BEWARE OF WOMEN Beware of women, because they can receive poison f r o n your enemy and givo you and you may die for it. If you are now in love with any of them, take time, be very careful otherwise your enemy who has been finding a way with which to kill you, gets you through her. Never give them your body entirely, know yourself. Don't trust them too much. The majority of them arc bad and dangerous, and if you don't take time they kill you straight ahead. They can also liquidate you and run "four-forty." They have caused some of our young men to liquidate financially. Some of these men are now hopdcss. Some ramble about, jobless. Some have started life afresh, and some had left from their respcetive home towns to follow the mocking home people do farming work. i I What do you think that these men could tell their people that happened to their money? I am saying with absolute certainty that they have notbing to tell than lies, if you hear lies not small ones but the ones that would, ever make people be sorry for them. I know that some would say that they were rubbed. If you have ears to hear, eyes to see and faculty to think, beware of women, especially street one;, but if you can't listen, I am afraid, you will go like this young men I will mention. Women like to engineer words, so don't believe all tbe things your wifc tells you. Somebody can 1 �abuse her and she tells you that, she was beaten up by the man. They like to say things in a way ghat it will hurt ono's feelings, if you follow them, you make mistakes, or do bad things. He who is not deceived by a woman, will be very hard to be deceived. Who Is That? Question : Who is that woman inside the black taxi? Answer: She is a married woman, by name Paulina. Her wedloek took place last Saturday at the Cathedral Church. Question: What is the number of the taxi? Answer: The number is OY 940. Thank you very much my imformant, I have written down the rlurnber of the l taxi in my dairy. I w ~ l try hard to find out the husband of that woman, and tell him what I saw. Don't go away yet my imformant. I sm still investigating, you know 1 a m now at WAR with African women. I first began it, because they are too pretentious, if any one of them will be bold enough to come out and challenge me, I will like it Ebee, who is that woman quietly walking along the back yard.? Answer: She is a married woman. She frequently visits that place, and I believe she is living a t the inland town. Question: May I challenge her? Questioner: �Answer: You cnn do so. Questioner: Come here this woman, who are you finding there? (the woman runs away). So you have ran away, alright I will hold you another day. Question: Who is that pretender? Answer: She is Miss Victoria. Questioner: Nonesence, she is now pretending as if she never talks to boys, but she likes boy; too much. Who is that, prouding? Answer: She is a lady, by name Elizabeth. Questioner: I am sorry for her. That Elizabeth thinks that she is beautiful, not knowing that no one admires her, Let us call her and know what she will do. Answer: If we cail her, she will think that we are interested in her thus thinking that she is beautiful. Questioner: Oh! yes, it i s true. Who is that walking along that street with shampoo head? Answer: Shs is Questioner I don't like her shampoo, very rough. Let us call her and criticise her. Answer. She will disgrace us. Let her go with her bad head. Question: Answer: Who is that lady speaking to a man in white 2nd white? She is Christiana. Question What is she telling the man? Answer She is telling the man to dash her the sum rc. woman, by name, Lucy. �£5 before they fall in love. Questioner: Oh! what are these nonesenses? What are these Chsracteristics of Africa women? Why are they too much after money? What caused all these? What time would all these deplorable things come to an end. Let me warm all African girls, ladies and women, that I will continue to bombshell them, unless they stop being after money, and purely show "natural love" on their boy friends. My fellow men the titlc of my action against warnan is"DISPLINARY ACTION AGAINST THE MALCHARACTERS O F AFRICAN WOivlAN" No Money You Are Talking For Nothing T o fall in love with an African lady or woman i s not an easy thing. You Rave got 13 spend a lot. If your pocket is not heavy, you are talking for nothing, none will listen to you. They will disgmcv you when you approach them. It seema like thzre is no exis~enceof "natural love" in Africa, Afrimn women p2y lips service to natural love, but none purely loves her boy friend. The ugly situation is that they only love the wealth of s inan snd hate his life. I know quits alright that not all women love money badly or a r t not sincere to men, but the bad oncs ars greater in nwnber. Question: Who is the woman that is crying? Answer: Sb6 is a married wornall by nanm Ogacha. 2 �Question: What is she crying far? Answer She i h crying because her husband married a new wife. She wished her husband to marry her alone; Question Who is that lady runniog four fourty ? Answer She is my girl friend. She has eaten up my money and when she sees that I cannot maintain her again, she runs four fourty. Question Who is that big man Y Answer He is a well known man in our town. He is finding a native Doctor who wiil cure his diseases which he got from his girl friend. if care is not taken he will soon die. Now, he has seen a native Doctor. And here are the doctor's ques~ionsand the man's reply. Dr. Yes, what is the matter with you ? Sickman Please I want you to examine me well because I am sic!<. Dr. Where does it troubles you much? I have waist pain and there is a big boil on my bottom and I feel pain when ever I urinate. Dr. Did you meet a lady ? Sickman Yes, I met a bar girl four days ago. You have been attacked by a disease, called Dr. (Orie Ukwu) 1 will charge you £1 5 to elire it. Sickman There is no objection, Hence you can cure it. I will be happy to give you any amount just try to cure me aa quickly as possible. Author-Comments: Sickman �My dear rmders I am still warning you to beware of women mos~ly bar ones. For many kinds of diseases are spread by them. Look at the story of the sickman you h a w just read can teach you a lesson. Infact men are flowers and women are butterflies, when a butterfly sees a ripe seed on the flower it will go and enjoy the flower and whon the flower fades away the butterfly go away. Piease, my fellow men, is it p o d for a n educated mas to marry an illiterate woman? No sir, cduclted man sboiild marry an educatcd lady and illi!erare man t o marry an illiterate lady. Because birds of the same fea:her flock together in the nearness proximity. Please, when you want to marry a girl d o not ;:im to marry a most beautiful gir!, bccaune it is dunpzrous to h x husband, boys and men will be attracted to follow her and thereby bring trouble to the husband. And most of those beautiful girls used to sell their bodies to men and boys In order to gc: money and drsses. You must try to m3rry a girl whic!~ is not too beautiful anti A tall man should marry a short not too I&. girl, and a short man should try t.1, marry a tall gr1. Some men marry in erder to get children, if not most of our young men woiild like to remain bachelors. �My wife wants to rule my house The letter reads: I have been married since a year with out knowing that the woman was rather sturbon sort of woman. The wwst thing is that, this woman does not want to get children, because she docs not want me to enjoy her. When ever I approached her, she disgrace me. When ever 1 pass an order to her she can not care to obey it. She kept on wandering from place to place. She wanted to rule the house. i sm now fed up with her, must I sack her? Advice: please gather her people first in her presence and tell them the story, and see what her people will say. After consulting her people. If she keeps on disobeying, and does not wish you to enjoy her so as to get chi!d. You know that she doesn't love you. Then you can sack her, because a man marries just t o get children. Do you know that some women are the cause of their husband's poverty? Yes, they d o ir by telling their husband to buy beads, clothings and wearing costly things es gold etc. When they fee their husband with about f 10, they began to tell their husband to buy this and that for them. Do not allow your wife to go in company with bad women otherwise she become8 bad also. You know that rotten apple spoils others. ( M y wife ran away from me) (Here comer a letter from a man whose wife ran away). �My wife and I recently celebrated our second wedding anniversary. Tho following dzy, after taken children to bed. She and 1 went to our own bed and covered, she questioned me. The question reads : . "Supposing your mother and I were walking down a street and were suddenly chased by a lion, and you happened to arrive there. Would you save your mother first or your wife? I told her that 1 would rather save my mother first. Then she became offended and departed from me. I told her ''Bye-Bye". Auihor comments : My deer readers, in this question will you szve your msther k t . -Jr your wife ? . As for me I will save my.motker first r.~ther than my wife. Because if my. wife dies I can marry another wife, but i E my mother dies I can never get another mother in my life. STOPPING TWINS FOR MAINTENANCE SAKE Here comes a letter from a woman who waats; to know a way to stop getting twins. I have been married for the past 18 months, and have two children twins, a g e d 10 months Before then I have bcen living in harmony with my husband. He always buy me what ever I offered him He has always bccn very much in love with me and treated me .kindly. But, since I save birth' to the twins He does not maintain mc again- When I request for money, he would to sag that there is no money. Therefore, I wish to find what l shall eat so �that I can not give birth to twin babies again. I feel that if I give another twin again, he can not have money to feed me with the children. (Mabel of Accra.) Author comments: My dear readers do you think that this woman who finds st way to stop from getting twins is a good house wlfe? I do not think because if she sees poison she will give to her husband. Therefore, "Beware af women". "MY ADVICE T O MEN AGAINST WOMEN" 1 Do not promise a girl whom you will rnarrb . that you are a rich person, you have a car, bicycles, £3000 in the Bank, that you will give her many servants while yon are as poor as a church rat. Then, when you marry her and she fails to see uoder measured things you promised her that you had. She will run away from you. 2. Don't marry a street girl if you want to get children. And to avoid disease to attack you. Do not attempt t o marry while you are vary Young, because you will become old a t onw. . 4. Do not attempt to marry while you have not enough money to maintain her. If you win a girl by lies, can you feed her by lies? I have seen young persons artempring to marry when they see that they have got up to £100, forgetting that t o marry is easy but security or maintenance matters. 5. D o not marry because your mate has married, because you d o not know how much he has. 13 �6 Do not go to any woman while you have a wife, because you are teaching your wife a lesson in short, to d o like wise and is againrt the law. 7 D o not take your wife to be au angel, by so doing she will brain you, 'and you d o what ever she says with-out consideration. 8 D o not sted because you have no money to maintain your wife. Do things f ~ her as you can. r g Da not love women more than. money* but .' . love money more than women. 10. D o not think for money ,and at the s3me time think for women, becasue tbe two cannot arrive at the same dme. Think how to get money first. Then, when you have got enough money, then you can think of marriage, because it is .natural desire, that a person must think of a wife when he is up the age. "A RIJN AWAY WIFE" Please when you see a run away wifa do not marry her. She doesn't belizvs in steady life. She will run again. A c ~ u ~ l l y , wife who runs away is a kind of a thing a which can happen to any person at any time. Infact, it is a very strange thing that a wife can leave her husband and go to another man to leave Independent life. They forget that the best wolves on earth are husbands. What; is the r c s c n of a rnn-a-way wife? Surely thers must be some reasons, husband goiog in search of glamourite? Children not forthcoming? In short if a woman �feels that she is not getting what she hopped from her husband she might run away, escape for a while to reconsider things, but perhaps the greatest reason for an African woman for running away is (Security), that means money aod things money can buy. There are two types of run-away wives. That is those who leave door open and those who shut it: Those who leave door open are those -who run to their brothers, sieters or aunt (known to be of good chsracter). They wished t o come back after settlement. But, those who shut the door are those who run t o a girl living d o n e and to be very interesting to pursuits involving males. These wish t o have a house of their own. a man of theirs and !he most important of all to gain some social status. Dear readers, beware of such women because they are wonders. If you marry them, they can leave at any time and go to other person. ''My wife is taking all of my m o n e y t o Family". her Here comes .a letter from a man whose wife sends his money to her family. 1 have married k r many years now, but t h e ~ e is some thing my wife does, that 1 d o not like at all, she does not know that we have our own family t o care for. She continues to oompel me to spend a great deal of money on her family. And when family she sees that I spend small money for mv she beoamc offended. Please I should like you t o advice me whether I should send away this woman �I say this hence, I am not prepared t o live with a woman who loves her own people more than she loves my people. (S. I. E. of Sapele.) An advice: Do not sack he€. List out what you planned to do in future. that should show her the light. But, if she continues spending your money foolishly, you can sack her, if you have money to marry another. "My Husband Wants To Leave Me" Here comes a letter from a woman whose husband wanrs to leave. The letter read.!:I got married to my husband six years ago Unfortunately I have not got any chi1d:fromj him.. I am so worried over it, because my husbrnd loves me and has given me all medical aid, but with out any fruitful result. As a result my husband has become annoyed and is now running after other girl. I am now afraid, because I may in the end lose my dear husband. What must I d o ? (Sarah of Zaria.) An Advise: Both of you must seek for expert medical advise. Examination can tell you whether the fault lits with either one of you, or both of you. The doctur can tell you what course you will take after the examination. Try to compel your husband to agree to see doctor. The doctor can also tell your husband not to attend to another girl again. �My Lover Wants To Commit Suicide Here comes a letter from a man whose lover wants to commit suicide. The letter reads:A few morlth ago I fell in love with a married woman of my age. I am a bachelor of 25 years. The woman is attractive and I find it very hard t o depart from her. We stay two miles away from each &her but we managed to visit frequently. She wanted to leave her husband because of me. When I rejected her idea of living her husband, she cried and told me. that she 'would commit suicide. What will I do, will I run away from her o r will 1 marry her? Ongenra of Lagos. Answer: I advised you to leave her because she will put you into troublc.$But, don't you know that to fall in love - witha married wotuan is dangerous? Therefore beware of her. "Are women dangerous to men?' Yes, women are dangerous to men because they soak the lives and power of men. Therefore men do not live longer again, like their f u e fathers in olden days they took their hearts. They confuse the life of young men. They stop young men from making progress in their business. They caused them to think of them instead of thinking for their business. They took away the little money a young man could use t o start life. Infact they cause young men to be weak and useless t o the nation. �After confusing them and see that they are no where again they run to any where. They keep on hunting for men as a hunter hunting for aoimsls. What can it profit a woman if she gains the whole world and lose her life? where there is happiness, there is danger. cgWomen have spoilt the world" women have spoilt the world by hunting after men who will give them money, which tbey will use in buying what they like. Men women m d children have lost the right way of living the life. Men want money, money! money! money! they cry" "Children want money" "Give me money, give me money, they shout". "Women want men, men, men, men they cry" If you go round the world, you will see that the number of harlots are greater thaq the number of the married women Now, the Eastern Government has started t o tax those harlots, I appzal t o men to watch their wives well so that they may not be confused by independent women who live alone. "QUESTION FOR EVERY BODY" Why do girls of nowadays d o not grow iall like the girls of ancient time? Is it because the world has changed, or is it because of their nature? When I was a boy, I saw that girls of thllt time grow very tall. But since about 10 years, ago, I saw that most girls �do not grow tall again, you will see a girl of 8 years bringing out breasts, when you look at her you sea her breasts pointing at you. Before two or three months, what you will hear is that the girl !is married 2nd h-s given birth to a male or female baby. Infact, some times I used to ask my parents this question. When I ask them they will only laugh at me and tell me that they do not know the reason. The only answers I can give in that my question are as follows:Girl do not grow tall again because of their wickedness. They do not care to respect their parents as the girls of olden days. They keep on playins with boys from that playing their minds changed. Then whst ever s boy tells them, they will tell the boy to give them money. If the boy gives them few pennies, they will agree what ever the boy tells them. Therefore. I appeal to fathers7 and mothers to take care of their children otherwise their names would be spoilt. THE WOMAN WHO RAN "FOUR FOURTY" Here comes a letter from one John Ibilo, who was entirely liquidated by a certain woman, he was in love with the woman and his relatives strongly protested against his befriending woman but he (John Ibilo) never listened to them. At last, he regretted but it was too late, this lztter reads: �I used t o hear people saying that women did liquidate men but I never agreed it, but now no one tells me to agree. I have seen every thing with my two eyes. There was certain time I fell in love with one woman. The woman was beautiful on her body but she was ugly in her heart. She had small eyes but she sees farer than the person with bigger eyes. She never talk too much but she was a slow poison. I n short, she was not a good person. But I never knew that she had all these bad qualities before I fell in love with her. Some of my relatives knew that I was in love with her and they strongly protested against ~ t , but I never listened to them. I thought that they were trying to prevent me from enjoying my youth. (When we started to make the love,) the woman pretended as if she was rich and needed no supporter. She told me that she loved me and not my money, because according to her, she said that she was richer than me. She began to buy petty things for me, when I ask her: "What will I buy for you," she repli:d,"I don't want you to buy anything for me. I don't want, just be sincere t o me in your words, I myself will do so to you." After sometimes this woman began to change small small, she stopped to buy things for me. She began to beg me money from small amount t o big amount. I started t o give her, with hope to recover them, because I thought that she was merely trying me. One day 1 checked up what I had given her, it £47 : 2 : 4d. Tbis amounted to made my business c a pi t a 1 which �was f250 to reduce greatly. I got financially difficulty and was unable to import articles steady as before. lnspite of the shortage I had got, I continued to give something t o this woman, because she had brained me up. I loved her without comparison. At arly time this woman visited me, she complained t o me that boys wsre worrying her for friendship, and she used to disgrace them so, when she said this, I began t o do tbinga which would make her had more interest in me. S o that boys would snatch her from me, I began to d o all these foolish things and my money finished. One day the woman came t o my house and I informed her that my money had finished. "Were you robbed" she asked me. I told her that I was not robbed, She thought that I was trying to know what she will tell me. But when she discoverd that my money had f~nlshed,caused by her, she ran "four-fourty". I never saw her again. Five times I went to her house but when she saw me coming, she ran inside the house and told her house girl ta tell me that she was not in, tbat she was out. This thing pained me a lot, nearly I got heartfailure and die. Then I remembered the protest made by my relatives which I ignored, and I regretted, but it was too late. I am now a motor boy. When ever the inaultive passengers insult me, I remember my foolishness, and bad life I played. John lbilo of Abbaki. Author's comments : If you are now in love with any girl, lady or woman, that she can Beware, bear in m i n d �liquidate you and run "fourty-fourty". The story of Mr. John Ibilo of Abbaki is a lesson t o you but if you don't want to learn something from it, I am afraid, you may go like him. HOW MY ENEMY GOT ME THROUGH GIRL'S FRIEND. MY Here comes another letter that will teach you a sense, from a young man whose girl friend poisoned. My name i s Benard B. Eke of P. 0. Box 14 Guzo. I fell in love with one lady in 1958, but I never knew that this lady only loved my riches and hated my life. In one of her flattering letter, she wrote: Fine Benard, bombastic Benard, I don't think that 1 can live in this warld without you, she used to call me "bombastic Benard" because I was she said that I love to use high English. impressed by this letter, and each time she wrote me; my love on her became stronger. T o be frank, I had a terrible love o n this lady. What happened? I bad one bitter cnemy, who was ready to give any amount of money to any body, who could k ~ l lme. 1 cannot imagine how that my bitter cnemy managed to know that I was in love with the lady. He approached her and promised her EL0 if she got my head. 'The lady under-took t o kill me with poison. She assured him that it was an ea>y thing for her. She also told him that I like to eat rice " t h r ee" much and that she would it cook that riee for me and put �poison and present it to me. The lady charged that my enemy k20 to do the job. The enemy agreed without pursueing the charge. He paid her €10 advance, balance on kill. What happened ? One evening, the lady came to me in my house. After formal greetings, she told, me to give her 6d to go out and buy "Oyoyo" rice hawked by Yoruba women. I was glad as she was able to ask me to give her money. I gave her -!I she went out and bought 6d rice and gd meat, and put it poison. She carried the rice and kept table, and ask me to come and eat, on my d~ning God so kind, 1 was not hungry that day. I told her to begin to eat and remain small for me. She refused to eat the rice and told me that she it, would not touch the rice unless I frrst eat because it was in my house. I told her that I was nor hungry, and that it was dangerous for one to overfeed himself. With amicable face, she begged me to taste the soup of the rice, in order to assure her that I was not annoyed. 'Nothing' like annoyance, annoyed for what' I said to her. She continued to force me to taste the soup in spite of what I had told her, but I resisted her. With a fround face, this dangerous lady called me: 'Bernard, Bernard' if you refuse to taste this thing, I will leave it and go. 'You can go', 1 tod her. She' meant it and gone. 'Bye Bye' I said to her. �I CALLED MY DOG I called my dog, and it came, and ate the rice. What next did I d o ? I went t o one of my mate friend and told him about the incident, He gave me advice and warned me t o ''beware of women" He also adviced me to suppren the terrible ove I had on that lady and sack h e r because she was after my head. He sunpected that there was poison in that rice if not so the lady should have to eaten the rice. I thanked him and returned my house. WHAT I S WRONG ? You see trouble, one Sunday evening, the girl came to my house again. But I never g w e her face as before. "What is wrong?" she asked me. 'Nothing', 'I replied her. She brought me some oranges. I accepted the oranges and put them on my table, The oranges in the real sense were not oranges but poisons. I never took the oranges, 1 threw' them away after the lady departed from me. I presented this lidy with sweet biscuits, but she refused to chew her share in my house.' may be she was afraid. She; told me: I will chew them in our house and give some to my junior sister'. 1 made n o objection "it is alright" , I only told her. After some pass-time conversation, she departed without both of us referring to the dash we had the first day she visited me. I WENT BACK TO THAT MY FRIEND What again did I do? I went back to that my male 24 �friend and told him that she had come again. Me was badly rtnnoyeil for my allowing her to enter my house again, but I told him that I was not born to treat people like that, no matter how I was offended or trespassed I told him also that I knew myself, and that I had known that the lady was trying to get my head. I also wid that my good friend that if the lady ventured to enter my house again, 1 would !ell her gently not to visit me again, but if she tried again she got it very hot. SHE PAID M E ANOTHER ViSIT Not quite two weeks,. the devilish lady visited me previor#ly, she paid me another visit, by evening. "Good Evening" she saluted me. "Good evening to you" I replied. ,Any how 1 gave her sent. Shct brought me another poisonous oranges I received the oranges and kept them by my side. I called my boy to get my table knife. He brought the knife and I took one orange and cat it into two and gave her one . t o take. She refused and sad that she had taking a lot of orange bcforc coming. 1 told her to taste small in order to assure me that she was not annoyed. If 1 am ~ m o y e d ,will I come here, I am not annoyed, I a m happy" she told me. I tried all I can to make her taste the orange bat she declineJ. By that time I knew rnore than I knew that she was badly after my head. SHE TOOK AN OFFENCE I called my dog again and threw to it the om, nge I cut which.the laciy refused to take her share. �What an annoyance! This dangerous lady was badly annoyed for this. She took an ofence. She told me. Straight to gtve her back the remaining oranges "What am I doing with your oranges? Iasked her. I gave her the oranges. She told me to pay her for nenethe one I gave to my dog. "You are ~alking sense" I replied her. She began to tel! me bad words and we began to quarrel, the quarrel developed a fight. She tore my shirt into piecea, and I slaped her twice. I never boxed her because I knew she could not reslst it, she will die. PASSERS BYE SEPARATED US Passers-bye separated us. Both of us were asked to ray what brought the fight. She distorted every thing: A single word never came out of my mouth 1 was mute. The passers-bye begm to accuse me, and gave judgeme~t in favour of tbat lady. I You can decide any t b i ~ g , told them. I never wanted to tell them why we fuught because I rlo longer wanred to reconcile wtth that lady as she was sccking for my head. MY DOG CAME OUT The parcial passers-bye dispersed with run when my dog which resembled tiger came out with mouth opened. That my dog hated to hear noise. The lady never followed [he passer - b y ran, because my dog had known her and she no longer feared the dog. She left with out run, but with big shame. When she was going, I told her that I no lcnger wantea her in my house, but if she ventured she took. �what she wanted. MY ENEMY HEARD EVERY THING Accordive to inf~rmation, I heard that the lady went t o that my bitter enemy and told him every thing that happened. Oral message t o the enemy, keeping him informed that I was aware that she was trying to k ~ l lme. I gat no reply. For three months, I ' don't see the lady, so I thought that every thing had ended, not knowing that there was a bigger plan. One morning, I wake up but was unable to walk, sweat was all over my body. I began to feel cool badly. Say by 10 a m I could not hear again. Every thing was by writing. If I wanted to tell something t o a person I writs it, and if the person wanted to reply, he writes his. Believe me, I was afraid and my people were afraid also. It was a wonder to us. I have not seen such type of thing. My people went and calred a Doctor. The Doctor examined me and called the sickness malaria caused by heavy sun. He charged £2;2/- (two guineas) to cum it. My people paid it. The Doctor gave me Fame tablets and drug. The first tablet I took made the thing more seriously. I nearly die. Each time I took the tablet or the drug, the thing became more seriously. My people reported this to the Doctor but the Doctor said that it was the reaction of medicine He told them not to fear. my people believed him but I never believed him because I �knew t t e re-action of med~cine. I told them by writmg that I would no more take the tablets and the drug. Told them also that I had no hope of recovery and that 1 must die. They began to cry as I could not withstand my own tears C joined to weep. We stopped when we saw a visitor coming ANOTHER DOCTOR CALLED My people went and called another Doctor. The D x t o r examined me and elaimed that it was nothing but bad blood. He gave his charge, Q : 31- (three guineas), and my people paid it. He gave me blood tonic and blood purif~er.None of these worked at all. My people called another Doctor when the sickness began t o change to many kinds of sickness. The Doctor as the one already called was unable to bring a cur% My people called another seven Doctors, one after the other but there was standstill, no improvement. NO MONEY AGAIN No money again for further treatment, so my people had to borrow L50 with interest. Opinion, invitated as to what way to follow next. This a as unanimous agreement to consult a native Doctor, My people consulted one native Ljoctor, who was also a soothsay (a person professing to tell the future). The �Native Doctor examined me and shouted: "They don maken mad". The Native Doctor said it was medicine buried by a lady in front of my house so wlaea I passed it over, 1 was affected. He said that the medicine was the one that caused madness but as God may like it, it change to another kind of sickness The medicine he claimed, was done by a Yoruba man. He charged E30 t o cure it, we agreed and paid him half of the money, balance on recovery. The Native Doctor began his work but it was very tough. He treated me, treated me, and got tired I myself, was also tired of taking herbs and washing with medicinal leaves. As tbe almighty God may like it, I was cured in 18 months time, a yew and six months, calculating as from the date the Native Doctor startqd to treat me. I never retaliated. I left every thing for God Not u p to 5 months. 1 recovered, I heard that thunder kllled that my bitter enemy. Not up t o quite 6 months, I heard again that, that lady was claimed by a motor back tyre. Motor killed her. Thus they lost their lives. Authors comment: My readers I know that you will derive sense from the story of Mr. Benard 5. Eke, who was once called "Fine Benard Bombastic Bmard" by his girl frieud,who late received money and made him *'medicine". If Mr. Benard was told in the commencement of their friendship that, that his girl friend could seek for his head. I don't think that he wculd agree the sayer. but now see what ,had hapoened. �NOW READ ANOTHER LETTER FROM A MAN WHO WAS POISONED BY HIS OWN WIFE I married in 1947 and wed in 1949. What a honney moon I and my wife began to live happily, not a small one, but a big one. She loved me quiet alright, aud I myself also loved her. We don't hide any thing for each other. If any body spoke to her on street, when she returned, she told me. She could not eat without me, I myself could not also eat or taste without her. We lived very good for complete two year, before devil came in. I HAD A FRIEND What brought trouble? I had a man: friend who was very handsome. Each time 'this my friend visited me, my wife admired him. He attracted my wife very much. To talk the truth so that the devd will be ashamed, that my friend never first chased that my wife. My wife gave him all impression and showed him likeness, before that my friend become interested in her. After, I heard that when I left for my work, that my friend came and began to play with my wife. That my wife had not raken her money and cooked fresh fish for me, but I heard that she used to buy fresh fish and caoked it for that my friend. I never took any action when I heard this because I don't d o my things like that, I wanted to witness every thing with my eyes. One day when I returned work, I saw my two tumblers broken into piece3, I asked my wife who broke them 30 �but she told me that it was our oneyear baby. After, from my house boy that it was broken by that my friend when he was playing with that my wife, after both had taken two bottles of beer. L heard I counted this two. One day again, I returned and saw peculiar thing. I counted i t three, and began t o keep watch of them. One day I left my house for my work, say . about 10 a m. the very day, I told o u r Manager, that I was attacked by big headache, and that 1 wanted to go home and rest for three hours he permitted me, because he was a good man. I went back to my house, and met both parties swallowing pounded yam with fresh fish. I looked on my bed, it was rough, nor as i t was 'in the morning, the very day. When that my friend saw me he nearly ran mad. Shame was his lot. That my wife herself could not know what to do, Only God knew how she felt. I never showed them that I was highly annoyed and offended. I brought out two bottle of beer from my cupboard and presented it to that my friend. He was unable to finish one cup, before I drank up the beer. I left him with thlt my wlfe and went back to my work. When I returned in the evening, 1 did not see that my wife she had packed her things and ran to her people. I waited her, waited her t o return but I could not see her, According to the native custom, it was my business to go to my in-laws whom I was mar marry their daughter, to �enquire why my wife ran end what was her anger. Upon all what she did to me, I carried two jars of tombo wine and went to her parents, when I reached to their house with some of my relatives, that my wife saw us and ran out. We formally presented the two jars of tombo wine to those my in-laws. After drinking the wine I told them the purpose of our coming. Those my in-lawn sent a messenger who called in that my wife, she greeted us with shame. My in-laws said that there was no need for long talk, because they had heard what they "called deplorable thing" it waa the tresspass she commited made her t o ran away they told us. They begged us greatly to forgive her because it was her first offence, They adaed that to err is human, to forgive is divine. I had earlier decided in my mind that wbat ever happened. I will not marry that my wife again. But I surrendered when an irristible presure was brought and bear on me, by my relatives to receive that my wife back once more. That my wife returned back to my house two days after we came to their house. We began to live again. Each time we went to bed, she began to beg me to forgive her. I told her that I have forgotten every thing, but I added: "let another do not happen again". She swore that she would uot do that type of thing again �STILL IN LOVE SECRETLY After all these had happened, I thought that that my wife and that my friend were n o more in love, that they had separated, but 1 soon heard that they were still in love secretly. I investigated and it was true. I went to one of my relatives and told him. He told me to prepare and sack that my wife. I was in preparation, that my wife gave me poison that my friend gave her to give me, so that if I die they would be chanced quite alright to carry on with their love and married together. The poison nearly killed me. I t suffered me and I spent £154 9 8d t o cure it. That my wife left me because she was induring the time 1 was s~cking formed th& I bad known that she was the person who poisoned me. After I heard that' she waa living with that my friend. They married for a year and one day, they got big quarrel, and fough:, and each sustained injuries, and they parted. This is the end . of my story. My name is Paul P. 0 Ebems, Private Mail Bag 2819, Kpoko. �Boys and girls, men and women and dear brothers and sisters in this life problems and happiness, man d o suffer till sweat comes out before he eats. In this troubled world man cannot record all what had happened to him in the scramble for money and the grievous disappoinments which life bas fired him. And I can tell you that man whether short, thin or poor cannot be taken as a small man because any man has a-way in which he shows his man. hood, -either by power, cleverness, foresight, commonsense charm or trick, (Men Die In Many Ways .Because Of Money A-tad Women ) Men die in many ways in finding money. Some men had died in the motor aceidcut, many had died for over -worki@ the~nselves . Restlessness of mind and heart-failure have killed milions of men. In fact, man do suffer, and man is a responsible being for the f o l l o ~ i n greasons: (1) Whether a man has money or not be must contribute financially to the development of his community. �(2) Whether s man is poorer than church rat he is liable t o tax. (3) Whether a man has money or not the desire for marriage sleeps with him on the bed every night. (4) Whether a man has money or not he is being looked upon by his relatives to help them. (5) Whether a man has money o r not he is rcsponsible for the maintainance of his parents. (6) Whether a man has money or not he i; responsible to maintain his wife and train his children. There are other numerous responsibilities which man baa. QUESTIONS FOR MEN (1) In what way is a man known? A man is known by courage, endurance, cleverness and hardworkkg. In what way does man overcomes his problems? (2) Man conquers his problems first by prayer, commonsense and contribution of advice received from wise thinkers. �(3) Is a man barn- to have thing8 easy ? Man is born to sweat before he eats; knowing this we need not worry our mind when e v e r we are troubled. (4) What type of men are expected bo sncceed in life. Men whoare expected to succeed are man who are courageous, patient, kind, honest, labourious and fearers of God. '5) What type of men are expected to fall in life ? Men have men gress who are expected to fall in life are men who too much competitional, minds men who envy, who are dishonest and men who hate the proof the others. (6) .What type of men are expected to be poor for ever ? They are men who hate to work but love delightful things. (7) They are also the type of men that are idle. What type of men are wanted ? Men wanted are men who understand others point of views, men who love their neigbbours as themselves, men who are faithful, simple sympathetic Godly and poor in heart. 36 �(8) What happens to men who arc arrogant and rich in heart? Fall and shame always be their lot. (9) I s it true that good men d o not have big money? That is a lie, the only thing is that good men d o not as di~honestand unfaithful men have money one day but have theirs gradually. (10) Is it true that wicked and bad men have money greater than good men? The fact is that a thief can have £10,000 a day but that money will finish within a short time while the man who gathers by labour increases daily. (11) I n what way is a bad man known? A bad man is easily known by wordsof mouth, attitude especially when you do a business of money with him. (12) In what way is a good man known? By words of mouth and actions you know a good man (1 3)What is that debt that a man owes his community The debt is wife. When a man marries he has paid his people. 37 �(14) Do men maintain. thelr parents greater than their girl friends? It is deplorable to observe that some men don't care about their parents instead they will maintain their parents who born m d suffered on them, they take to drink and maintain tbeir girl friends. I have seen many parents going naked while their sons wear robes and drive costly cars. ( 1 5) Are men who keep themselves clean wornanisers? Cleanliness is hoiiness so it is very foolish to think that those who keep themselves clean do so in order to attract women but do so for their personal pleasures and to have respect before the public. In fact, simplicity of dress and cleanliness of the body and mind is lifely. (16) Wbat does dirtinesb earns a man? Dirtiness earns a man under assesment of wealth, disrespect and disgrace. (17) Docs cleanliness mean wearing of rich clothes cosily hand-watch and gold? In short cleanliness means cleanliness of the body and clothes whether cheap or costly �-But it is not bad to wear embent watches and gold and robes if you have what is called money (1'8) Is it bad for men to rub Powder? Every tbing depends on having time and the type of business one does. If you have time to powder your face it is not bad. After all we d o things to keep our lives long, and have happiness. (19) What makes ,some men before to die poor? who had got money It is a shame 'to do a common work. (20) What type o f men regain their wealth afier life had below them? They are men who are not shy or shameful to do the work of a common man. Important words o f Advice auainst what may happ~n ro you in futxre. Here comes a letter from a man whose former boy asked to come and serve him seven years as he had served him and the advice given him and you. 1. Dear Master of Life, I heard that you are a Great master of life and a famous advicer and I have read your books and was convinced that you are a wonderful being I write. �to tell you my own miserable state. Furmerly I had many dependants and what was called money but now I a m no where. I have no perron t o help me financially except my former boy, Robinson, wbo insisted that he will not help me until I have served him 7 years he served me. Afier the boy said this my brain scartered and 1 was unconcious. What I did was to pray to God to take away my life insread I will live to serve tha boy who had served me. Now tell me what to do either to go and serve the boy or stand firm in my decision not to go and serve the boy however hunger worries me. E. Ojo, Shagmu W. Nigeria. Advice. : Your case is a difficult one but I will try. Nobody expect y ~ u , can tell whether you treated your boy fairly or not during his service to you. If you were cruel and gave h i m tough time it might be his annoyance and wriy he insist that he will not help you until you serve him for 7 years he had served you in order to return every wickedness for wickedmss. That is to retaliate. �But if you were fair to him and he insist, not to help you until you serve him then he has not the slightest respect and sympathy, and I a d v i ~ e you not to go and serve the boy because hie mind is not good to you and his aims at high. What I can tell you is: Forget the boy's money and take thing mainly for no condition in -this world is permanent and life you see is empty dream. Again from today stop to pray to God to take .away your precious life and never attempt to commit suicide for it is' agalnst the law of tho state and that of God. And don't have little mind, encourage yourself as a man by prayer and labour you shall regain your wtalth a n d become a . man who has a story of life to tell. Here comes a second letter from a k5-per month court messenger whose wife demands more than his salary and the advice given him and you. 2. I am a court messenger receiving . & per month. When I receive it I share it. . �I give my wife fi4 for what we will eat for one month. I use 5s. for my pocket money and save 15s.for our cloths and eventuality. But what is paining me now is the persistent complaint of my wife that hunger worries her at any time because tho £4 is not sufficient for one month. When I asked her to tell me the amount she thinks that will due for one month, she said £8. As 1 cannot afford £8 what will I do? I. 0. Iselle Ukwu W Nigeria. Advice :I don't think that your wife knows your r income. T y to make her know your salary to avoid undue demand becau~eshe is over assessing you. I n view of the present high cost of living manage to give her small amount to start small trade fmm there she can help to what y m ear. Here comes the third letter from a woman who explains why she divorced her husband and condemn men and advice given her and yeu. 3. Dear Mr. Okenwa Olisah. I have been reading your books with interest �I could gather that you are an impartial writer but J don't know how you wdl feel to read me criticise men as you are a man but any how I will strick because my pen is not a respecter of any body or a disrespect to well-fashioned gentlemen. I was in the School when a certzin young man approached my parents to marry me. The man was a Shop boy in the U. A. C. but when asked abuut his occupation he replied: "I am a branch manager of the U. A. C." He told me secretely that he had E2,000 Saving in the Bank and promise to please and maintain me if I agree to morry him. I was not impressed by the £2,000 he clammed to have had in the Bank t u t 1 was impressed by his promise t o please and maintain me. I was also impressed by his appearanze. I agreed and we married together. The first month I came to his house I received a good treatment. Every thing was normal. But when we entered the second month I experieneed a slight change. The third and fourth month were deplorable and micerable. The man started to show me h ~ s true colnur and I regretted my marriage with h ~ m . �He started t o beat me, started to make mouth at me for the shghtert offence, started to d o me a11 sort of things a man supposed not to d o his wife. What action did I take? I left the man with his insincerity, with his unfaithfulness, with his oruelty, witbhis senselessness and his wickedness. The attitude of the man has made me te condemn men and always look at them with unreliable eyes. The littles in them pretend to be big. No more with me and men I have chosen independent life. Elizabeth Nwa. Obikalu Oki, E. Nigeria ADVICE: Elizabeth, I can assure you that I am not annoyed because you criticised men of which I am among. I only against destructive criticism. I am also sorry for your broken marriage. Whom will I blame, is it you or the man for the failure of the marriage? I will not now blame any party for being responsible for the failure of the marriage until I hear both sides I have heard you but have not heard the voice of your former husband. �One book says: "Don't give judgement until you hear both sides of the case "Do you know Elizabeth that woman is born to be under man as man is born to carry the responsibility of woman? That a woman who is disobedient and has quick temper can not succeed in marriage? Referring to your decision to become an independent girl, it is the worst you have said. Do you know that an independent woman has no way to refute the charge that she is a prostitute? That is very hard t o resist the trials of men? That people will look you very down? Please revoke your plan if you wanr to save your self from blemish and regret. The last is your condemnation to entire men. You have misfired. Don't you know that all mcn as wrll as wolnen are not bad or good. To say the truth the number of good men leads the number of the women who are good. If you don't know, knaw it as from now. And it is unwise to assume that all men are unreliable simply because a certian man disappointed you. The fourth letter comes from !i man whose wife over-powers during fighting and the advice given him and you. �My own case is this : M y wife Paulinah is a strong woman and il tireless fighter. Instead I will overpower her during fighting, she overpowers me. Being that, she has known that she is stronger than me, she disregards my orders. Please tell me what I will do this woman?4. Okereke Uche, Abudu, N. Nigeria. Advice: There is no reason why a woman sbould overpower you, Why say what is expected from a woman? It m?ans that there is a certair thing you do. which makes you very weak or are you s~ck? You cannot do the woman any' thing than to avoid affray and keep your house in peace by displinary action. Don't fight next time, fighting lets some one down and you cannot reform a woman by beating her or quarreling with her. The fifth letter comes from a girl who is io difficulty in choosing a good husband arid the advice given her and yon. 5. Two men are coming t o merry me The one I love has no money to maintain me but the one I don't like has plentv of monev to give me. Please tell ma w h d L LAY. o Veronica 0.B Ebi. Onitsha 46 �Advice: If you know that you cannot marry the man whom you love because he has no money and cannot also marry a money man you don't like, wait for the man whom you love and at the same time have money. Be very careful in engaging a man. Try to know the work of money and love in marriage. QUESTIONS FOR BOYS In what way is a good boy know? A good boy is known by salutation, respect, obedience, devotion to his duty and quietness. In what way is a bad boy known? By carelessness, disobedience, stubborness and noise you knew a bad boy. Are parents responsible /or the rudncss of their children? Yes parents must share responsibility because some parents don't give their children training from there they grow up and become thieves, rougbian~, and disgrace to the community. Mother and father who is responsible to train their children ? 47 �Both are responsible. 5 In what way is a bey trained? By correction. advice and example, Not by corporal punishment. 6 What type of boys are wanted? Boys wanted are intelligent boys, clever boys and obedient boys. 7 What type of boys are filling up prisofi ? They are in majority bpys who refused the instruction:and the advice o f their parents. QUESTIONS FOR GIRLS In what way is a good girl known? I A good girl is-known by her shyness, quietness, respect, obedience and likeness to domestis work. 2 i n what way is a bad girl known? A bad girl is known by her lack of shyness shame known also by carelessness and weakness to domestic duty. 3' What type of girls are filling up horels? hey are in majority girls who are bad and those who don't want to be under men. 48. �"MAN VERSUS -MONEY1' The struggle for money has gane s o far, that some have now begin t o ask; which is it that controls the others, The lifelese or the animate men? The urleasines~money of this life, is mostly caused by money, many die in the strife' Others still remain in want. What evil has it not iatroduced? Where there is peace it intrudes. Those who have not often complain. Those who have it also complain. Dearest friends bas it seperated, son from father hits it disunited, husband and wife bas it hrought t o a clash, that is how money handless man's life. But m m is made to control money and not money to control man. In what whatever condition you may be let not money change your mind. T o the rich and poor give good treatment. for the Lord is the maker of them all. Remember the .great, "END" that respects none, and treat others as you would like to be trested. �BEWARB QF WOMEN AUTHORS COMMENT I am sure that you bave read Mr. Ebems enrefully and with undcratandiag. A word is enough for the wise, SO beware of women. The Owner This to cer1ify that this pgmpkt brloiogs tor .- ...... .-..." -....... ........"..-"" "........"-".." -"......-..-..- .. .......................... --.....Address: ,- ..........-.-.. "..-...-.---......-..--.-.. - . . . ..; Occupation .... .., , ................................ . . . . . . Native of . . - - . . -. . - - . . .----.-..-..-Date........."-...... . .......-.., . ----- ���� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Onitsha Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Beware of women Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Njoku, N. O. (Nathan O.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Onitsha market literature Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Fegge-Onitsha : Njoku & Sons Bookshop Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 196-? Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Nigerian literature (English) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ksrl.c3552 Description An account of the resource The cover of '<em>Beware of Women</em>' is upside down and backwards--a fitting situation for this title! The pamphlet begins its hostility toward women with a disturbing declaration: "<em>When you travel to other continents of the world you see that women of those parts, behave better and more lovely than our mongerish African Women&hellip;In order to discipline them, this little but effective booklet has been produced,</em>" (pg.2).&nbsp;<br /><br />The editor, presumably Okenwa, claims that the author, Nathan Njoku, is not a hater of women but an impartial observer. It is also made clear through a disclaimer that these letters and subsequent investigations are fictional--the product of Njoku's imagination. And yet the writer describes African women as greedy, manipulative and pretentious. Women are the enemy, according to Njoku,and they are just as likely to poison young men as liquidate (bankrupt) or cuckold them. "I am now at WAR with African women," declares Njoku, (pg.6).&nbsp;<br /><br />Njoku tells his readers "do not love women more than money, but love money more than women," (pg.14). But just a few pages later Njoku condemns women for loving money more than their husbands or boyfriends. The author even believes that the general wickedness of women has had biological effects. They no longer grow as tall, they develop breasts and become sexually mature at an early age, and they will accept a few pennies from boys and agree with "whatever the boy tells them," (pg.19).<br /><br />The anecdotes range from brief stories of how or why women will ruin the male reader and run the "four forty" (i.e. run away with men's wealth) to longer tales of how women will poison husbands and boyfriends for a little money. Njoku advises men that they have great responsibilities to their parents, community and children. He also says that a good boy is known by "salutation,respect, obedience, devotion to his duty and quietness", as opposed to a bad boy's display of "carelessness, disobedience, stubbornness and noise," (pg.47). Good girls are known for their "shyness, quietness, respect, obedience and likeness to domestic work," whereas bad girls "lack shyness [and] shame,"(pg.48). Overall, the pamphlet offers advice to men about why they cannot trust women,signaling a rift in Nigerian society over changing gender roles. The author,who also publishes under the name Felix Stephen, writes in most of his pamphlets about relationships with women and warns men away from marriage unless they want children. Women are viewed as threatening and only "very feware fair," (pg.2). Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/">http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-RUU/1.0/</a> https://exhibits.lib.ku.edu/files/original/a17378755889c8f1ec4a2b5429e86162.pdf 706aa1315cd0cca24cbc9aa3f0dfe344 PDF Text Text I MY SEVEN DAUGHTERS I -/ A Z AFTER 3 E (A CLASSICAL DRAMA) FOR SCHOOLS & COLLEGES The Seven Daughters (Good ' for Nothing) . ����MY SEVEN DAUGHTERS ARE AFTER YOUNG BOYS BY Nathan Njoka Price 31- Copyrighr rtsemcd, ��Contents Pages I. 2. In an enemy's house -... In The King's General Parlour 1% - -- 3. (in The King's Red Roomi 17 - - 21 - 23 4. In The King's General Parlour 5. In a secret place. ( Enter Patriciah, Mabel ...... 25 Justinah, Okoronkwo. -6. I n The King's Palace On "Ofala 7. In The Kiag'a General Parlour Day" -... -- , 27 28 8. I n The Native Doctor's House ( Enter the King, ...-. 31 and a Native doctor -- - 9. The Kiog, His Highness Jobnson The I1 34 10. In Tbe Natlve Doctor's House (Enter Tbe King and he meets the doctor ..... 1 1. In King's Palace -.... -. 12. Wsr Between King Johnson ...... 1 3. King Johnson won tbe war ...... ...... . - 35 37 79 40 �Compliments From:- MR. NJOKU AND SONS BOOKS 1 STOCK AND PRICES N How to write Love Letters 5s 6d How to write better Letters, applications and business Letters 1s 6d How to. Succeed in Life 3sOd ,How to make Love 2s6d How to get a Lady in Love 2s 6d How to play love 3s 6d How 'Tshome and Mobutu regretttd after the death of Mr. Lumumba 3s 6d . Salutatiou is not love 2s 6d Why boys of nowadays don't marry in time 2s ad Why boys don't trust their girl friends 2s 6d How to write good English, Letters and Composition 2s 6d No condition is permanent 2s 6d Man suffers Is 6d each Beware of women 2s 6d A Guide to marriage 2s 6d How to know Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba and English made easy for beginners ?s 6d Love shall never end 3s The prize of love 2s 6d The story of boys and girls 3s 6d How t o write agreements and receipts 2s 6d My seven daughters are .after young boys 3s Nigerian Bachelors guide and spinsters guide 2s 6d Complete Letter writing for boys & Girls in colleges & schools 3s �Preface Tbis is a funny and interesting drama intended t o make your leisure time very enjoyable. It is also designed to ban your anger. Whcn ever you are annoyed, take up this booklet and g o through it. You will come across very funny items that w ~ l l make you forget all about your anger. N. 0. NJOKU ��Characters Of The Play King Johnson King Dankwere The king of Bogima The Soldiers Police Band The king Johnson's wives King Johnson's servant Crowd or congregation Native warriors The Native doctor The twelve thieves Dog "Tiger" Justinah Mabel Patriciah Okoronkwo Beauty king of Bansala ��"CONCERT" STARTS I N THE KING'S GENERAL, PARLOUR (Enter the h n g and his servant) King: How man? times have Iwarned you that your service with me will be terminated if you 'continue to put eye on my wives and daughters. I have received several complaints against you from outsiclers. You are fioally warned just now t o take time, otherwise you lose your job and become an applicant. Servant: My Lord, please tell me what type of putting eye on your daughters and wives. King: I mean [bat you are chasing them about. Were it to be that you have got the opportunity, you would have mixed up with them. You are too fond of females, why? It has came to my observation that, some servants find meaus to mingle with their masters wives and daughters. When 1 hold you one day, I will cut off that your thing with a knife. (laughter) Servant: My lord, your daughters and some of your wives are the people who worry me every now and then. King: By how? �Servant: They are interested in me and have been asking me for friendship. When I said No! some of your wives started to hate and tronble me. Any thing I do, they find faults in it merely because I refused to be their secret lovers. King: "Gracious me". Oh ! God of Israel I must believe you. I know that you 'can identify those of my wives who are hostile to you because you declioed to love them. Servant: When you call them out, I would point those ones and take the obvious consequences from them. King: Don't fear any hell. G o now and c d l all of them. (The Servant goes to call them) (The wives Come In) Point at those stupid ones. Servant; (pointing) this woman, this and this. King: Three of you come out. The rest go out first. You may be called again. (They move oat). My servant told me that three of you request him for love, but he refused, and as a result of his refusal, you people started to antagonise him. Justinah let me hear you first. �Justinah: I am surprised to hear this. How on earth will I ever request t h ~ sdefamed and ugly boy to love me He was the person who wanted me to love him but 1 warned him strongly that, he was not my rank, and above all, he was a servant to us and that it would be the highest degradation if one heard that we were in love terms.. King: But love is blind. I t does not count one's outlook, wealth or possition. 1 am not eatisfied with your denial. I do not doubt the possibility of a wife telling her husband's servant for love making and letting down her private part t o the boy. If you are telling the truth, why not report to me that time you alleged he asked you for love. In short, I hold the opin~onthat my servant is talking :he truth. I will f~ne,youunder the native Law and sustom. You know that under our popular native law and custom, if a wife "indulges in love with another man, in which I find you guilty, the husband would either sack her or impose a maximum fine on the wife. I fine you one goat, one fowl, two guineas, and you know that you would produce one mighty kola nut the day you would pay the fines. I give you three days to pay the fines, if you fail, I will seize all you have in my house and kick you away. Justinah: Thank Sir. King: Mabel, I have finished with Justinah. What have you to say in your own? �Mabel: Give me Bible or any other oath, I will swear that I have never had the time to speak to this boy. King: I am not a commissioner of oaths. I have no legal right t o administer oath on anybody. Your lie is more serious than that of Justinah. When you said that you had never had the time to speak to this fine boy. You will pay the same fines as Justinah. Mabel: Thank Sir. King: Patriciah tell me your own lie. Patriciah: This boy ha8 just wanted to put us into trouble. He is the type of a liar I have not seen. He is a black devil. King: I cannot just follow what you are saying.' You have to pay fines as others. I am satisfied before my conscience that my servant is truthful. Three of you move away now. (THEY MOVE OUT) You servant I will promote your position in this my house. I have now engaged you to be watching all my wives and daughters for me. Any one you see going wrongly, tell me. 1 will increase your pay with two pounds as from the 1st of next month. Servant: My Lard, thank Sir. May God save the King. Woe betide all your enemies. CURTAIN FALLS �The king and his wives. His servant poitrts to the wives who are hostile to him because B e refused to love them. �In An Enemy's House. . (Enters Mabel, Jastinah, Patriciah and Okoronkwo) After four months the three wives of the King had paid the fines, they conspire to stage a coup detect against him or if this one fails, they finish his life with a rvit poison) Okoronkwo: Every body who heard the story of how the King; (Your husband) imposed maximum was usually fines on you was against him. e ruthleshl and unjustified: It was too bad of him rely upon the allegation of a servant without a considerable security. How can a wife request a servant for friendship, when important and wealthy men find it difficiilt to win the love of a woman? It is "strange" to be heard that a woman asks her husband's servant who is also her servant, for love. ~ Patrioiah: The King did not treat us b e f ~ r e ~ t h q t boy as if we are his wives. We did not receive any justice from his verdict. He insaulted us "three" much and we must pay him'in his own ooins. Justinah: I am not in wasting time. Let Mr. Okoronkwo get for us 12 strong armed thieves who will go tomorrow midnight and get the King assasinated. They can succeed, However, the King is a "epirit" and wonderful, if the theives fail to kill him we can put a rat poison in his chop and see what will be the result. �Mabel: Mr. Okoronkwo, tell us whether or not you can arrange the tbieves-clever and strong one. Okoronkwo: I have been undertaking similar duties. I will get you wonderful thieves to do the job. They can't charge more than k20. Patriciah, Mabel, Justinah: We can pay that. We will pay them after this job. Okoronkwo: Okay, wait and see what will happen. (THEY DEPART) CURTAIN FALLS Scene 3 " , . I n The King's Palace Enter the twelve armed thieves. One woman is among them. They go straight t o the side where the King sleeps. His dog called "Tiger" sees them and begins to bark at them. This wakes the King from sleep. He understands that thieves are within his palace and he takes up his riffle and load it for defence. One af the thieves fires at the dog-"Tiger" but it escapes unhurt. An expert thief repeats firing the "Tiger" and all in vain. �The dog thee chases them up and in the fight thaf follows, the dog biter two thieves who fall on the spot and die and others run away leaving some of their weapons. The King comes out and sees that two of the thieves are killed by his dog, he calls the attention of his household and the thieves are carried into a nearby river. I CURTAIN FALLS. �The thieves are running away. Dog-Tiger pursues them. The two dead ones are lying down. �Scene 4 (IN T H E RING'S GENERAL PARLOUR) In the morning'many people begin to Gome to sympathise the King on the attempt on his life. The King begins to narrate to them how the whole thirag happened. His dog the "Tiger" stays by him. The King instructs his drummer to begin to supply music and. they start to beat drums. The King provides refreshment for all the sympathizers. Those three wives of the King who arranged the th~eves are some of those dancing in the Palace for the Kings safety from the thieves. The whole events last for about five hours in the palace. CURTAIN FALLS. Scene 5 1N AN ENEMY'S HOUSE. (Enter Justinah, Mabel, Patrisiah and Okoronkwo) Mabel: Mr. Okoronkwo, you have seen that this plot to assasinate the King has foiled. Have you any suggestion as to what next ijne of action is to be taken in order to rouud the authocratic king up. If we put poison as we had in mind, in the king's chop, it must fail as the king is wonderful. �Okoronkwo: I will tell you people what to do. I will get you an explosive and you pat it under the pillow on the king's bed. When he goes to sleep, and immediately his head touches the pillow. the cxplosive will explode and kill the so-called wonderful kiog straight away. Patriciah: This could be effective. Get us the exploswe tomorrow please. We don't want the king to live to celebrate his next annual "OFALA" festival. Justinah: The king may not escape this second attempt on his life. Please Mr. Okoronkwo get us the explosive. I myself will put it undrr his pillow. Okoronkwo: Okay. you have it tomorrow. (THEY DEPART) Cunain falls. Scene 6. (In The King's Bed Room) The kiog goes to sleep in the night. When his head touches his pillow, the explosive there explodes smoke, but the and the whole room is covered w ~ t h King 1s not wounded. When this explosive exploded, the,lwhole of his hourehold are shocked and they run out to see what happened some neighbours come. They a n shouts. �King: Tbank God that I am saved, again. Those staging this coup do not know that I am beyond human destruction. I will conduc~ an investigation and know those plotters,. and deal with them. (Curtain falls, All Move Out) IN THE KING'S GENERAL PARLOUR (The King after two days of this explosive incident, conducted an extensive investigation and found out that his thrie wives- Patriciah, Justinah, and Mabel and Mr. Okoronkwo whom the King (Johnson) defeated in the Kingship contest are the people after his blood. The King invited many of his subjects and his household to hls general parlour in order to announce the result of his inquiry. By this time the three wives have ran away. King: I have the pleasure to announce you all that my wives-Mabel, Patiriciah, and Justinah and t h e notorious Mr. Okoronkwo, whom 1 defeated in the Kingship contest, are the people afrer my blood. 1 will report this matter to the Police, and take more precautionary measures against eventualities in this my and your palace wbicb haa lasted for centuriee, and which Mr. Okoronkwo wanted to overthrow in order to have his way. �Congregation: God forbid ! God forbid! God forbid King: I will employ more six night watchmen and arm them. They will shoot any-body they see coming inside my palace after 7 p.m. Congregation: This is good, we support you. King: I wonder what I do some people. I think that my rule is fair. When I came into power after the death of my father I put a atop to several bad practices. I stoped that if twins are born they would be abondoned in a bush, and so on. Congregation: You know even Jesiis Christ was persecuted and suffered for nothing sake. King: Oh yes. I see with you. No mqtter how good a person may be, some people will hate him for nothing sake. I have finished what 1 wish to tell you. Let you people be bringing me informations and news. You can go now. Congregation: May God save the King (They exit) Curtain falls. �Sceoe 8. I n a secret Place (Enter Patriciah, Mabel, Justinph and Okoronkwo.) Okoronkwo: We must not give up thz idea to kill the King. As he h,s known that we are planing to kill him, he will wage war against us, the best thing is to try all our possible best to kill him and be saved ourselves. Justinah: It is hard but we can't give up. Mr. Okoronkwo have you any other plan. Okoronkwo: Thousand and one other plans You will get one of his other wives who is not in fair term with him, and give her a petrol about a gallon, to pour on the side of his bed room one midnight and put it fire This must burn the King into ashes. It will burn every place and otner people in his palace could be burnt. Mabel: The difficulty is how to get the wife as none of us enters his palace to confere with anybody. Okoronkwo: Well you can arrange with the person when you see her in the market. When you see her, call her out and arrange it with her. Patriciah: Mr. Okoronkwo the "Senior planer". This suggestion 1s good. Let us implement it. Okoronkwo : Okay 1 am awaiting the third result. (They depart) Curtain falls �Scene 9 Outside the King's Bed Room (As the King sleeps, the wife, Beauty, who was brought over by other three wives, pours one gallon of petrol around the King's bed room and on the zink, and puts fire, but rt does not catch fire. She tries all she can to effect fire but i\ could not catch. Unfortunately for the wife, the King's 'Tiger' sees her. The dog takes an offence dog and bites the wife, Beauty, who dles on the spot. The King wakes up and sees what happened. He orders his servant to throw in the deceased into a nearby water and the decsased is carried off. The palace is quiet and the King does not want to make the incident public. - (CURTAIN FALLS) Scene 10 In A Pricate Place (Enter Mabel. Justinah, Patriciah and Okoronkwo) Okoronkwo: It is painful that this third attempt to murder the King has failed again,but I have not lost hope of killing him. I will try to kill him myaelf with my pistol and charm. The K ~ n gwill celebrate his annual "Ofela" featival next friday and I will shoot him that day during the time he dances. �Justinah: This thing is too hard now. But if you succeed, we will be too happy and three of us will be your wives. Mabel: I now doubt the possibility of getting this man killed. He is a "spirit". Patriciah: I also doubt it. Okoronkwo: Don't mind. One could attempt something several times before he succeeds. Take heart. Just wait to hear what I will do. Patriciah: Okay let's see what will happen. All of us will meet again in your house. Okoronkwo: Okay. bye bye all. (All exit) Curtain falls. Scene I1 In King's palace On "OFALA DAY" (The King Johnson) celebrates his annual "Ofala" festival. Many very important personalities attend. Masquerades and traditional dances feature the aeremony. It is colourful and grand. �All seats and vacancy fill to capacity by people At a stage of the festival, Mr. Okoronkwo breaks the crowd where the King dances, aad shoots the King with his pistol. The gun does not wound the jubilating King, but rather kills athpr five innocent speeiators. Mr. Okoronkwo tries to run away are but he is held by people. The dead ones carried away to the public mortuary f a post moteen examination as usual. Mr. Okoronkwo is roughly handled by a large crowd. and finally arrested by a Police Officer. The 'Ofala' festival is on. At the end of the festival, every body begins to go and the incident becomes the talk of the people as they go.) Curtain Falls Scene 1 2 In the King's General parlour (Due to the good services and the informations which the King's senior servaut oftenly gives the King, he wants the servant t o marry his mJst beautiful daughter - Silinah. The servant is the one who had a 'case' wlth the King's three wives Patricieh, Mabel and Justinah. In the parlour enter the King, beautiful Silinah and his servant who will turn to be the King's inlaw). - �King: My servant, Godwin, you are a very faithful servant, you serve me very well. You gives me iaformations. I trust you more than my wives and children. My wives want me to die. My children are stupid things. MY SEVEN DAUGHTERS ARE A F T E R YOUNG BOYS ! They only know how to play love and nothing more again. But Silinah will make a good wife. She is not after young boys as others she is different from my daughters. Silinah will be your wife as from Tliursday next week. I will give you £500 and one building in the town to start life with her. servant (Godwin): My lord, will this ever happen on earth ? That a servant of a king later becomes his iolaw ! This will be a famous news if Silinah would agree. Silinah :I agree that you will marry me. King ; Everything is okay now. Godwin go home and tell your pkople about this. I hope that they would approve of it. Servant : My lord, they must approve the marriage. They may not even believe me when 1 tell them that you say that I will marry your daughter. King : You will go tomorrow. You and Silinrth can now leave the parlour. (They exit) CURTAIN FALLS. 29 �Scene 14 ' In the King's General Palour. he "Corpse" of his dog-the " ' ~ i ~ e ris Laid to rest) " The dog of the king is dead. It died a natural death. The King's power and protection have been greatly reduced by the death of this dog. The King and other people weep bitterly for the dog's death. , The dog is dressed and put in s golden coffin. The funeral ceremony starts. Several native dancers and masquerades are invited by the Klng and they attend the funeral cermony of a c'og. The first ceremony of its kind to take place on earth. There are gun shoots in the air. Tbe dog is buried in the palace. After the burial of the dynamic dog, the king announces that he will mourn for the dog for three months, the dog he says, contributed immensed to his "Power" and protection from those after "My blood". King: My "power" and protection have been greatly reduced by the death of my dog the "Tiger". It was more stronger than the real Tiger. I know that thieves and other notorious people who are tired of attempting my life will resume the attempt to kill me since my dog is dead. But with the protection of the Almighty Father any of their further attempt will foil again. �I will make a statue of the dog-"Tiger" in my palace because what the dog did in the safety of my life was too mighty. I will never forget the dog. I will also open a school to be entitled "Dog Tiger's Memorial School". This may sound very funny to some people, but I mean it. May the soul of the Dog Tiger rest in peace. Crowd: A-men. (The funeral Ceremony wounds up) Curtain falls Scene 15 In A Native Doctor's House (Enter tbe King and a native dootor) (After two weeks "Dog - Tiger" died, the King Hs Highness Kiug Johnson the 2nd meets a native i doctor who is also a fortune-tell~r (Onye Ogbaja). King: I have come for you to make for me a charm which can be talking. This charm will have among other things a foresight, and will be kept in my pr~vatehome. When an evil is forthcoming this charm will have to notify me so that I may prevetit it or get ready for fight. You know that no King can rule for a long time without the help of God, charms, informants and personal prccaiitions. Yob might have heard that my life was attempted but for charm which an old woman made for me I would have been killed. �If you can d o this cbarm tell me. If you cannot tell me. Doctor: I can do it. King: Before we proceed to negotiate your charge for the charm, we will enter into convenant (Igbandu). The convenant is that you must never tell any body that I call at your house and you manufac ture a charm for me, and if you venture to say it, that day will you die. You will not also make a similar charm for another person. Myself ill not inform any living soul that you make charm for me, if I say it, that day will I also die. Doctor: Let us enter into the convenant. (They bring out a mighty Kola nut, and take a blade razor and cut their bodies very little and blood comes out. The Kola nut is broken, each person having a piece of his own. They mix up their blood and each touches his own share of the Kola nut on the mixed blood and the native doctor says " J agree that after manufacturing the charm for H e Highness, King Johnson the 2nd, that I will never reveal it to any body, and that I will never also make a similar charm for any other person, but sbould I go contrary to this convenant let me die". He then puts the Kola nut with the blood in his mouth, chews and swallows. 32 �The King also says: ''I agree that I.will no] disclose t o any living soul that I meet this native doctor and he makes a charm for me but should 1 go contrary to this convenant, that day will 1 die." He then puts the kola nut in his moutb, chews and swallows. Thus the convensnt is entered. Doctor: We have now entered into the convenant, I will now tell you how much you have got to pay me for the charm. You will pay me E65. You will also buy the following materials for the "work". One skull and a tongue of a man, six fowls, one goat, one bottle of strong drink. one camelleao. a head of a snake, four yards of clothes, and a tortoise. King: I will provide all the materials for theG'work" within tbe next one week. When I come within this time, I will pay half of your charge, when I see that the charm is effective, I will balance you. I will now go till I come again. Dootor: Okay my Lord, goodbye. (The King exits) Curtain falls, �The King, His Highness, Johnson the 1 1 31 �Scene 16 In : The Native Doctor's House (Enter the King and he meets the Doctor) ' Within one week as the King said, he comes again to the native doctor with all the materials for the 'work'. King : Doctor open this carton before me and take all the materials. I spent over E213 in order t o get them. (The Doctor opens the carton and takes the materials for his 'work' and begins to check them.) Doctor: They are correct. King : Have the half of your charge (he gives him the E32 101- (the doctor accepts i t ) Doctor :~ h a n k ' s i r . I will do wonders. I will let s o u know that there is devil. King: Seeing is believing. �Doctor: I will now begin to d o the "work" (He begins to invoke spirits that will come and inspire poucr in what he manufactures, he invokes: " My forefathers, Mammy-water, Kanskporo spirit,, Mukeke spirit, Taranta spirit. Bankolo spirit, Alunkoyil spir~t, Labat spirit, Juntiza spirit, Lakademo spirit. I conjure you all now t o come and give power in all I d o here today. D o not disappoint me, don't let me bc ashamed, please! (After invoking the spirits, the native doctor wbo rubs native chalk on his eyes, begins to beat his drum and sings a spiritual song. At the end this event, he takes six "shorts" of strong drink. After this, he begins to manufacture the charm and gets it ready within six hours calculating from the time. His Highness, King Johnsoh, arrived with the materials. He now gives the King the charm and he takea it.) Doctor: This charm has some fobidens: It must not be kept in a room where you sleep with your wives. You must not consult the charm for information or advice without washmg your face, hands and foots. You must not allow any oil to touch it. You can go now with the charm but when you rzach home, d o not reply to any salutations. Do not speak to any body the whole of today. You must not wash for seven days. Within this seven day$ d o not eat any thing that 2ontains fish and oil. That is finish. �King: Okay, I go, we see again. Doctor: Goodbye. ( Exit King) ( Curtain falls ) Scene 7 In King's Palace. (The King's talking charm has started to prove that it has foresight and very effective. One day it called the King and notified him that there will ,be an inter-tribal war-big one, which cannot be avoided to and advised the K ~ n g notify his Army, police and subjects about the "forthcoming" war which will last about nine months. The charm further advised the King to be sleeping in his latrine during the war and to guard his palace with armed soldiers. The King then sent an urgent message to senior officials of the Army and Police and summoned many of his snbjects to his palace in order to tell them about the War.) King: (speaking to congregation in his palace). I have an information from my usual reliable source that our neighbouring t r ~ b e preparing war against is us, They have imported bullets, firearms, explosives, and other dangerous weapons for the war. They will very soon attack us and the war could last up to nine months. The aggressors want to overthrow my government and throwu and take over the rule of my nation. 37 �We must not allow this to happen. God and the spirits of our fore-father9 will help us to win this war. Woe betide the enemies. Let all of you get ready for the big war. We are inherited wariors. Some of you who have arrows and dane guns would fight with them. Those who haven't any weapons will be supplied with them here. You know that the central war arena will be a t the boundary, we will try to cross the boundary over to their nation and destroy importants places like post and Telegraph offices, Airport, Bsnks, and bomb the palace of the King, My Army and police are very busy preparing for the war. The police band will supply war music throughout the war period as this will inspire power in us. Fight to a finish ! Fight the eoemies to the last man ! ! Congre~ation We will fight them to a finish and : regain the government of the break-away tribe. , King : Okay, go now and prepare for the war. (They Exit) Curtain falls Scene 10 (After eighteen days the King announced to his subjects that they would be attacked soon, the war starts, and each tribe arrives at the boundary with Armies, and native wariors. Fighting goes on. �Each party struggling to oross the boundary to the opponents land and fight there. Eventuallythe warriors of King Johnson overpower \heir opponents and cross over to their land in order to fight there. They seongIy guard their boundary against the entry into the~r tribe by the ~nemies. Six hours the war started. causualities amount to 306 from the side of King Johnson's opponents. The causualities of King Johnson's figbters are two only.>The name of the King of other tribe is King -Dankwere. Tbe warrior; of King Johnson have started to bomb some public buildings and installations in the nation of King Dankwere. However, they fail to enter into the palace of King Dankwere and destroy it, because there is a very heavy guard around the palace. Six fighters of King Johnson are dead during an attempt to enter the palace of King Dankwere. When the war beeomes to3 hot and furtber attempts to enter the palace of King Lankwere by King Johnson's warriors are made, King Dankwere bas to flee his palace and hides some where about six miles from his official residence. Within three months, the big war started, the fighters of King Dankwere are dead 1,035 people. King Johnson lost 182 warriors. Within 8 months, King Dankwcre and his people are tired of the war, . and in the nineth month K ~ n g Daokwere is k~lled in ' that place he hided and his people surrender. 39 �Before this war ended, King ~ a n k w e r i ' s casualities were 99,000 while King Johnson's dead ones were 2,013. Tbis shows that King Johnson's fighters have better defence and more stronger. Johnson is the king of Bogima tribe. The late Dankwere was the king of Bansala tribe which was formerly ruled by Bogima nation. Bansala became independent by farce but the latest war has given the Bogima nation the opportunity to rule Bansala once more. Radio Bogima, broadcasting the vietory of King Johnson says, "the nine-month old war between Bogima and Bansala is ended. The king of Bansala is dead and hie remaining fighters have surrendered. King Johnson has won the big war and has taken over the government of Bansala. Bansala's ~asualities in this war numbered 99,000, Bogima 201 3 only. "Our dynamic and powerful King Johnson bas ordered1 an automatic intergration of Bansala Army and Police with the Bogima Army and Police. Bansala currenay notes, coins and postage stamps bearing the photograph of the late King Dankwere must not be circulated again," the radio concluded. CURTAIN FALLS. THE END. ���The lovers of Novels to send three pence stamp for their catalogues and become our successful customers. 66 Arondizuogu st. Fegge Osha. ' New - -) . Era Press, 33 Iweka Road @ha. - � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Onitsha Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource My seven daughters are after young boys : [a classical drama for schools & colleges] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Njoku, N. O. (Nathan O.) Type The nature or genre of the resource Onitsha market literature Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Fegge-Osha ; [Onitsha?] : Njoku & Sons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 196- Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Nigerian literature (English) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ksrl.c3553 Description An account of the resource This play's preface suggests that the work should be read as a closet drama. Readers are duly instructed: "<em>When ever you are annoyed, take up this booklet and go through it. You will come across very funny items that will make you forget all about your anger,</em>" (pg.8).&nbsp;<br /><br />The seven daughters of the pamphlet's title are featured as busty women on the cover to attract the reader into purchasing this play. They do not figure in the action of the play at all. In the plot the one good daughter is given to the faithful servant who warns the king that three of his wives are unfaithful. The play's story appears to come from oral tradition. The jilted wives attempt to murder the king on three different occasions. The king's dog,Tiger, protects him and the king proves to be impervious to poison and bullets. This play also incorporates elements of ritual practice and masquerade. After the dog dies of natural causes, the king consults with a traditional doctor who makes a charm after a kola nut ceremony that will prevent the king from developing any vulnerability. <br /><br />Both this play and <em>Beware of Women</em>, also by Nathan O. 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