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Nnamibia in “Cell One”

This person is the child of a professor, who is imprisoned and suspected of being a gang member.

Nkem in “Imitation”

This person is a spouse living apart from a powerful partner who has taken a lover back in Nigeria.

Chika in “A Private Experience”

This person is a medical student who is caught up in a riot and examines a Muslim woman’s sore nipple.

James Nwoye in “Ghosts”

This person is a retired mathematics professor in Nigeria, and runs into an old colleague who has not been around since the Biafra War.

Kamara in “On Monday of Last Week”

This person is a Nigerian woman who has followed her husband to America, where she works as a babysitter for a rich mixed race couple.

Ujunwa Ogundu in “Jumping Monkey Hill”

This person is a writer who goes to a writing workshop in South...

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