THE
LAND OF BINGO:
Selected
Stories
~~~~~~~
by D.
N. Achara
Certificated
Teacher, Methodist Mission
with
four illustrations by Uthman Ibrahim,
student,
Government College, Umuahia--
*to Chapter Two* == "He
sees footprints"
*to Chapter Seven* ==
"Quickly she came out and began to eat it"
*to Chapter Eight* ==
"Killing them, both humans and animals"
*to Chapter Nine* ==
"Elephant...drags out the hippopotamus"
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Ikeja:
Longman Nigeria, Ltd., early 1940's (?)
3rd
ed.: 1950
New
edition, translated into official orthography:
1963
reprinted
1972, 1975, 1981, 1984
ISBN
0 582 63602-7
~~~~~~~
translated
from the Igbo
by
Frances W. Pritchett
~~~~~~~~~~~
*original Igbo text*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Translator's Introduction*
*Chapter One*
Chief
Who Goes To Work In One Year And Returns the Next
Year
*Chapter Two*
The
chief sees the footprints of a spirit
*Chapter Three*
Hunger
causes acceptance of what was formerly refused
*Chapter Four*
Chief
Who Goes To Work In A Year And Returns the Next
Year inquires about the owner of the footprints
*Chapter Five*
The
beauty of the woman's body gives the chief
gooseflesh
*Chapter Six*
The
chief tries a second time
*Chapter Seven*
The
chief finally lays hands on her
*Chapter Eight*
The
wedding
*Chapter Nine*
Why
the firstborn son succeeds his father
*Chapter Ten*
The
story that Wrestling told (Part One)
*Chapter Eleven*
The
story that Wrestling told (Part Two)
*Chapter Twelve*
The
two stories that Fight told settled the matter