Summary

In Chapter 2, over the course of nine years in Amalike, Ijeoma learned English. At the start of her studies, she realized that the language might help to express herself and communicate. She used her diary to record her thoughts. Writing allowed her to craft "those things which the tongue did not make" (231). With time, she found beauty in the language.

Other things had changed in Amalike, too. Many of the children with whom Ijeoma had been imprisoned were now Nwosu's attendants. Though she no longer lived in her cell, Ijeoma was not given a position of power. She suspected that Nwosu believed she was still possessed. Ijeoma convinced everyone that she believed in the Christian god. However, she secretly still believed in Chukwu. Eventually she began writing to Chukwu again, asking when she would leave Amalike.

Over the years, Ijeoma...