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NEW LIFE - Chapter Eighty-five
bekwe was part of the few villagers who had been impacted by James speech in the village square and he felt a keenness to talk to the white man, to know more about the Jesus Christ he adored—the man that Peter Stonefield told him about when he held his hands close to the stream and asked him the meaning of his life. Of course, he had no answer to that. All he knew at that moment was becoming a better person but he failed and he was cast away from his village like the devil and asked never to return back home.
Everything was starting to make sense to him as he stirred the soup silently and recalled some of the stories Peter Stonefield had told him about God. Indeed! The supreme being who sat in a heavenly throne did hear his cry and on his merciful watch, he had decided to send another servant to his aid. If God had waited much longer, he would have no choice but to face Okoli and tell him he was an insane man. How can a man derive joy in beating his own wife? How can a
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Paul Okeke sat near the office of the mission station, watching some English men leave and enter the building with lopsided gait. He was still admiring the structure of the station when he saw Anne Streamer walk past him. She was not wearing her French pleat like the first time he had seen her rather she allowed her hair to fall down and form long straight curls. Paul Okeke wondered why the hair color of English men and women were different unlike his fellow Igbo people who shared the same color of hair with him–black."Did James come with you?" Anne asked. "If he did, I would like to see him immediately.""What if I told you he is not with me?""You will have to take me to where he is right away.""I left him in one of the Igbo villages close to where I live. He is in Umuise."As Paul Okeke spoke in his husky English accent, Anne eyes seemed to sink inside as she heard her brother was living with the natives of Igboland. She sat down close t
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You are welcome," Okoli said. "What can I do for you?"Nnadi shook his head and sat down. "A lot of things are going bad in Umuise. The gods must rise up from their slumber and fight their battle.""What battle will the gods fight?""The battle against the white man who dwells in our midst."Okoli hissed and drank his palm wine. "The white man has brought a disease but instead of Osisiakalaka to admit it was a disease, he decided to accept the disease and force us to welcome it." He paused. "If by chance, the gods permit me to see that foolish diviner from Umudike and I have a stick with me, I will make sure I break his head with it.""The gods forbid you from saying that," Nnadi retorted."The gods will only forbid people who don't follow their ways.""How can you suggest breaking the head of a diviner? We are talking of a man that the gods have chosen to carry their message."Okoli laughed loudly. "Nnadi! Sometimes I wonder w
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