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SAYING GOODBYE A SPECIAL FAREWELL TO MAMA NKWELLE 
Author:   Ifeoma Onyefulu    Author info     
RRP:   $15.95
Online Price :  $14.36
10+ Copy Price :  $13.56         
Format:   PAPERBACK 
Type of Book:   General Information 
ISBN:   9780711217010
Category:   Africa
Published:   16/04/2002
Status:   Out Of Print
This title is no longer in print and is not in stock. You may still order this book and while it is not available currently, you can register an order. If it reprints within 2 years we will automatically supply your order. After 2 years your backorder for Out of Print titles will be deleted, unless you advise us otherwise.


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Seen through the eyes of a small boy named Ikenna, here is a very special account of how a small Igbo community in Nigeria traditionally honours the dead. Ifeoma Onyefulu's thoughtful photographs and text offer not only a glimpse into Africa village life, but also a positive introduction to a difficult subject. Ikenna starts to feel different as soon as he puts on his new white clothes. His grown-up relatives keep an all-night wake, dancing and singing for Mama Nkwelle. On the big day a 21 gun salute is fired to begin the celebration. In Mama Nkwelle's nowempty house, her decorated bed is brought into the sitting-room, adorned with her picture. The priest says prayers, then kola nuts are offered and dancing begins to the sound of drums. Ikpuawa (gifts) of cloth are brought, and Ikenna is asked to offer a gift too! Seven days later Ikenna watches as people gather to remember Mama Nkwelle. Finally he plants his own special memorial, knowing that he will never forget her.



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