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http://ift.tt/2rZF5Ai ….Amina threatens to return to the North Tony Nwaka She had not had the appetite to eat for days. She had been able to cope with the pressures and intrigues of the attempt to put kpakpando on Amuebie because of the strong presence of Udoka, but now her husband was no more. She watched as the words issued from the lips of her long-time confidante. “You’re expected to bathe the corpse of your husband and drink a little of the bath water. It’s a condition that must be met before the elders can proceed with his burial,” Nkiru said. “What!” Amina screamed. “Shhhhh,” Nkiru tried to hush her up and quickly flashed a look across the room. “Please no one must hear about this. It’s something that is usually done in the midnight, with the chief priest and priestess,” Nkiru said. “That’s impossible. How am I supposed to drink of the water from a dead body?” Amina cried. “My sister, honestly I thought they won’t do it again after the way the immediate relations of the ...