The village of Eziama was like England From early morning people would troop in, some from far away, to hear him sing— ‘Eziama is a village like the rural areas of England—‘ Occasionally, when he felt kindness in his heart, he would shout out to his son, Lazarus, ‘Bring kola nut and alligator pepper.’ Laz knew where to find kola nut and alligator pepper, and how to bring them. Then Papa would invoke the ancestors, speak a few sentences in idioms, break the kola nuts and pass them around. He never minded when the visitors challenged him, or even when […]