"Take this matter of twenty pounds ... which ... was the root cause of all his troubles."

"His full name was Obiajulu—'the mind at last is at rest.'"

"I have tasted putrid flesh in the spoon."

"We are not heathens."

"Mr. Green was famous for speaking his mind. He wiped his red face with the white towel on his neck. ‘The African is c…"

"You know book, but this is no matter for book."

"E no be like dat ... Him na gentleman. No fit take bribe."

"They wanted him to read law so that when he returned he would handle all their land cases against their neighbours. B…"

"In fact, some weeks ago when the trial first began, Mr. Green, his boss, who was one of the Crown witnesses, had also…"

"In that short question he said in effect that Obi’s mission-house upbringing and European education had made him a st…"