TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prologue 7

1. The Good Days 11

2. Shey Banka Labam 31

3. Village Life 44

4. Uncle Lavran 76

5. The Beaded Necklace 114

6. Njangi wo La 143

7. The Gift of a Cave 176

8. Yenla Dze Ntov 196

9. A Spill of Death 208

10. The Dark Age 236

11. The City Girl 251

12. The New Job  268

13. The Parish 289

14. Pa Taught me Sacrifice 298

15. The Wind of Change  320

16. The Hidden Treasure   328

17. Something Like Independence 340

18. Veyeh is in Town  350

19. A Bracelet of Cowries 361

20. The School  389

21. A Helping/ Hurtful Hand  409

22. The Knock Door          427

23. The Heart of the Forest 457

24. Free But Not Free      479

*Character Portraits 4

*Acknowledgements

*Notes from Author

*Appendix 1: Illiteracy Rate among women

*A Reader’s Guide