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"He says the money paid them by Izongo is bad money and that he, too, like Okolo will speak. Only he says the time is not correct yet."

— Gabriel Okara The Voice (1964)

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"Without money I can't find him. Money is everything in Sologa."

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"It is bad money. Bad money never brings good to anyone."

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"A dead man's shadow has entered this house."

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"I have already told you. Be sensible and be a good lad. This country will need men like you, if only you learn to shut your eyes at certain things."

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"I have not the big thing between us forgotten. You will of my doings hear concerning it."

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