Akala

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Akala

A Theatre of Apes & Pigs · William Ifeanyi Moore

For Onyeka, Onyi’m

Part I — The ways of old

  1. LibationAcknowledgment (Libation)
  2. ArtefactWords From The Great Ape Men
  3. IOnce Upon A Morning Hunt
  4. PortraitNnanyi
  5. IIDo Pig-Men Dream?
  6. IIITo Name A Dream
  7. PortraitNneala
  8. IVWhen Brothers Fight
  9. VMan And His Symbols
  10. PortraitAmadioha
  11. VIWhispers and Shadows
  12. VIIAlusi Ikenga
  13. PortraitIkenga
  14. VIIISpells and Language
  15. IXIn the Shadow of Fear
  16. PortraitMmuonwu
  17. XThe Test of Manhood
  18. LetterDearest General (I)
  19. PortraitCommander Stone
  20. XIThe Grey Wedding Pt. 1
  21. XIIThe Grey Wedding Pt. 2
  22. XIIIThe Grey Wedding Part 3
  23. TabletWritings On The Stones From the Great Ape Men

Part II — Things Fall Apart — 3 months later

  1. XIVMatters Arising
  2. XVThe Rite of Manhood
  3. PortraitAnyi
  4. ArtefactWords From The Great Ape Men
  5. XVIThere Was A Kingdom
  6. PortraitObi of Onicha
  7. XVIIA Scapegoat
  8. XVIIIWhen Brothers Fight Pt. 2
  9. VerseAll These Things… We Know
  10. PortraitAla
  11. XIXTouch Not The Sacred
  12. XXAn Entrapment
  13. XXITrapped body, Free mind
  14. XXIIThe Hour of Judgment
  15. PortraitOfor
  16. XXIIIOn The Road Back
  17. TaleThe Tale of Eze Eri: First of The Nzes
  18. XXIVAn Apparition of Death
  19. XXVKill Now, Die Later
  20. PortraitOnyi
  21. XXVIWhen Deaf Gods Cry
  22. LetterDearest General (II)

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