I didn’t too sure I understand what Ms. Tia is talking about, or why she is calling her Abroad peoples white and black when colors are for crayons and pencils and things. I know that not everybody is having the same color of skin in Nigeria, even me and Kayus and Born-boy didn’t have the same skin color, but nobody is calling anybody black or white, everybody is just calling us by our name: Adunni. Kayus. Born-boy. That’s all.
-- Narrator / Adunni (chapter 33)

Importance: This quote exemplifies Adunni's innocence and naivety that allow her to smartly critically analyze her surroundings. While Tia is using commonplace modern language by differentiating people based on the color of their skin, Adunni's own understanding of color, its purpose and value, allow her to be especially inquisitive of the world's choice to judge individuals based on the color of their skin. Her simple questions about what is...