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Author Langmia, Kehbuma

Title An evil meal of evil / Kehbuma Langmia
Published Mankon, Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG ; [East Langing?] : Distributed in N. America by Michigan State University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 44 pages)
Contents Dedication -- Foreword -- Act I -- Scene 1. Njukebim, Sunyin's father is in his "Talih" -- Scene 2. Sunyin has been married for over a year now -- Scene 3. The members of "Nda Saah" -- Scene 4. Dohbani and Sunyin are on stage -- Scene 5. Dohbani is brought in, dead -- Act II -- Scene 1. Following the death of Dohbani -- Scene 2. Sunyin lies in her homestead, legs out-stretched -- Scene 3. Njukebim and Nadoh are at home
Summary An Evil Meal of Evil is a play about greed and its consequences. Set in the traditional African village of 'Ntisong', the play exposes the complexities of unravelling the issue of Death. Sunyin, the young wife of Dohbani epitomizes what is wrong with coerced marriages. A group of blood thirsty vampires popularly known in the village as members of 'Nda Saah' superstitiously kill targeted individuals purposely to enrich themselves. Sunyin, the protagonist in the play suffers from a premature widowhood simply because her father Njukebim forced her into marrying Dohbani. As the play unravels with
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Subject Avarice -- Drama
Witchcraft -- Africa -- Drama
Vampires -- Africa -- Drama
FICTION -- General.
Avarice
Vampires
Witchcraft
Africa
Genre/Form Drama
Form Electronic book
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