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40 EPISODE 5: PART 2- ALL’S HAIR IN LOVE AND WAR
“Oboroni!” Jubilantly trouncing over to me he asked, “O te den” or how are you, but dragging out the words in comical fashion. I was not interested in conversation but neither could I let my ego go unasserted.
“Bo ko,” I grumbled, “Okay”.
“Ei!” he cried, “O te Fante! O te Fante!” This,
followed by an idiotic little dance directly in front of me. Who was this guy? I looked to the girls still pulling unmercifully at my scalp but they only laughed. “E te Fante a?” he now asked me. “E te Fante a? At’se? At’se?”
“Yes, I understand Fante”, I replied in kind. There was another repetition of the antelope dance.
“What’s your name?” he inquired.
“Kukuwa”
“Kukuwa? You are Kukuwa?” His explosive
laughter made me cringe. “Where are you from?” “America.”
Crap, I thought as I watched the excitement bounce between his eyes. The truth had slipped out before I could stop myself.