Where Bones Dance: An English Girlhood, An African War

Contents

ix Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv Cycle I: Good Snake Lagos 3 Lines 4 Beach 6 School 10 Christine 13 Dave 14 Red 15 Daniel 19 Relations 21 Moonflower 25 Mrs. Welt 30 Sister Alice 32 Akueke 35 Blood Brothers 39 Bone 41 City of Blood 44 Leper 45 Ibeji 50 Nigger 53 Trips 56 Killings 59 Mamba 62 Woman 64 War 68 Soldiers 69 Brownies 71 Fever 74 Twin 76 Island 78 Return 80 x Cycle III: The Mosquito King C o n t e n t s Mother 159 Eye 162 Beggar 163 Facts 167 Ile Ibenu 170 Underwater 172 Bath 175 Mosquito 179 Bill 182 Secret 186 Belching 189 Isle of Man 192 White Man’s Grave 195 God 198 Home 202 Magnifying Glass 205 Aunt Elsie 208 Fishing 213 Airplane 216 Jigsaw 221 Recipe 225 Lines 227 Twin 229 Prince 232 Christmas 83 Trader 86 Ma 89 Drunk 91 Dream 94 Bats 95 Marine 97 Benin 99 Killings 103 Christine 105 News 110 Help 111 Trousers 113 Mask 115 House 117 Microscope 119 High 123 Map 127 Beach 128 Wake 133 Baby 136 Dark 137 Blow Job 140 Soap 142 House 145 Drowning 146 Christine 150 Mirrors 153 Sailor 155 Cycle II: The English Ibeji Cycle IV: Harvest of Ghosts xi C o n t e n t s Story 236 Observer 238 Hole 239 Leaving 244 Ship 247 Beach 253 Harbor 256 Pole 258 Death 263 Malaria 167 Man 269 Spy 270 Doll 275 Oil 278 Under 281 Fancy Dress 283 Eye 287 Green 289 Free 291 Nothing 293 The Sea, The Sea 296 ...