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Quotes from The Concubine — Elechi Amadi

1934–2016 Nigeria

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5 quotes

What hurts one man may benefit another” and “a diseased village is a good village to a medicine man”

The Concubine (1966)

He reconciles himself to these forces and treats them with reverence and dignity. He believes that his every action is guided and directed by spirits”

The Concubine (1966)

No one wanted to betray his admiration. There was silence for a time.

The Concubine (1966)

It was a fact that if Amadioha has insisted on taking a man’s life, no medicine man could do anything about it...”

The Concubine (1966)

Ihuoma is the sea-king’s main interest and her male admires are victims of circumstance and of their own misdeeds”

The Concubine (1966)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elechi Amadi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.