Ogbanje Meaning Novels & Stories

Oliver answered and Olivia nodded her head in support. "Okay, I love you guys!" Isabella said and placed kisses on their foreheads. "Love you too mom!" They both answered and opened the car door and walked into the school while turning at intervals to wave at her. She watched them as they walked into the school compound. Looking at them, she started to think again. Oliver is the exact copy of his father. When she saw him yesterday, her heart and soul knew that she couldn't be wrong. Her grandma even noticed the resemblance between Oliver and him. Oliver and Olivia are the perfect examples of what Nigerians call 'oyinbo' meaning white.

he is the igbo god of thunder and one to be feared. ANYA'WNU: the female counterpart to Amadioha, and the igbo goddess of the sun. she is one to be revered and loved. EIGENGRAU: eigengrau is the colour you see when you close your eyes. sounds like a cool spell to me. ALA: Ala refers earth(ground, soil) and its god IKUKU: It is the forest that Orie summoned. OBGUN'ABALI: This is the igbo god of death, directly translated as 'one who kills at night'. he is well known for punishing evil doers.

She let the thoughts of Toba off her mind and dialed her cousin's number to finish their previous conversation. Glossary: Egba Mi ooh. : A sentence in Yoruba language that means 'Save me please' Na you sabi : A Nigeria pidgin sentence used to mean 'its your business' Na you be mama now nah : A Nigeria pidgin sentence that means "You're a boss lady now." Gist me nah: meaning 'gist me' I no dey hear you well : A sentence in Nigeria pidgin used to mean "I can't hear you audibly."

She didn't seem like the type to switch teams all for money and it was obvious she didn't even need it but one thing that assured was that if she had in anyway rejected whatever Onuh offered her, then her life was already in danger cause Onuh never takes no for an answer. "Can you see how far he went? His heart and mind are no longer here because he's too busy thinking of a reasonable excuse to defend that his ogbanje wife, abi na spiritual wife sef, na only God know." Arin hisses and sometimes, I just wonder how he and I could maintain our friendship for almost thirty years when we didn't even think alike. (Ogbanje- A fetish cult)

Sarah said raising her injured hands in salutation and Christabel burst into fits of wild giggles. "Eh!, Christabel, blood is dripping from your head!" She screamed concern edged in her sluggish voice slanting her pain. Again, that sharp, sluggish, acquainted and chummy screams. 💥💥💥 Glossary of Nigerian words according to how it is used in the chapter. Jahwe - it is fondly added to words to show their emergency. Oya - it means do fast or be fast. Olofofo - busy-body. Khaki no be leather - it was used to show or tell how crucial one could be.

We all laughed and talked, I had completely forgotten about the guest hiding in my bedroom. "Oga seems to be cruel to you these days," Nkechi said. "He used to be so nice to you, what happened between you too." I froze and swallowed hard, the term Oga is used to describe your boss in Nigeria. I didn't have a reply to this question and only shrugged it off and smiled. It was better they think we are enemies than lovers.

said Abednego. From up from where they were they could see their house, the calabash has worked magic. This is how they got up here, to the top of this hill, where they were standing now. The climbed all the way up there, so they can finally end it all – all these years of vagrancy and fugue, exile and fear. This is where it’s all going to come to an end. Matendechere an old woman spirit has indeed by the use of calabash magic enabled them to get out of Igodo forest. Now, they have an assignment, assignment to set the village free from the hands of the evil king Imboko. They were instructed use the ogrism tail.

Shunbunmi said. We kept winning over and over again because Lokun and Shubunmi kept drinking and even when everyone at the party was drunk they never showed any sign of being drunk. "You guys must drink a lot where you're from," I said. "Yes, something like that," Lokun replied. "So what is the meaning of your name?" I asked. "Oh, it's a shortened form of the Yoruba word, Olokun, which means.." "Owner of the sea," I interrupted him.

she says holding her stomach. A random man walks in asking "You can love a rape baby?" Bonnie screams "She's not a rape baby! What's that?!" The man's name was predubezhdeniye, he was mixed between Russian and black. _ predubezhdeniye says "You can't love that baby, it's not a part of you!" Bonnnie yells "Huh?! Yeah, it is! It's in my tummy!" in deep confusion. predubezhdeniye means prejudice in English.

Soon, a knock is heard on the houses main door. "Who is it? "Tobi questions and Derricks voice calls. "*Ogbeni come and open the door for me joor. " (*Ogbeni means human) {Yoruba} Tobi stands up and opens the door. On stepping in, Derrick is quite surprised to see Dayo and after all the good mornings and how fars, they begin to discuss casually till Rose, Tobis sister walks into the livingroom. Dayo looks up at her and it takes a few seconds for her face to ring a bell.