Saved by Grace: A Second Chance by Amachi Iheanyichukwu Emmanuel - HTML preview

GLOSSARY

Achicha ogbo ndu - The name my friend and I gave to the Egg-pie we once marketed in our secondary school days.

Afia Four - A market place in Ogwuagor, Abakpa-Nike, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria.

Bro - Brother

Bros - Brothers

Care-dicapped - My style of expressing lack of care.

Chai! - An exclamation, i.e Goodness me!

Doc - Doctor

Fio-Fio - A type of Cowpea native to Nigeria, cooked mostly with yam.

Ify - Abbreviation or pet name for people whose name is Ifeoma, Ifeyinwa, Ifeanyi, etc.

Ihy - Abbreviation or pet name for people whose name is Ihuoma (as in Goodluck).

Ng - Abbreviation or pet name for people whose name is Ngozi.

Nwa amadi chokicho (Title name) - The brave Son of ‘Chokicho’.

Oku daa ebube (Title name) - The smouldering fire.

Okpa - A type of meal prepared from Bambara groundnut flour.

O na ata gi q na afu gi q n x - As the rat bites its victim - he sort of attempts to apply a soothing agent so that the victim feels relaxed.

Pap (Akamu) - A type of meal prepared from corn starch. It looks like custard.

Udara - The White/African star apple (chrysophyllum albidum). A dark yellowish fruit with semi-circle seeds. Mostly cultivated in the rural areas, and is very common during the months of December to April.

Uta ana-agba igwe (Title name) - Arrow shot at the heavens.