Pill In The Pillow Cases

They will look at you and say

My friend

You're not doing it right 

You're not wise with them

At all, at all 

Let me advice you 

They are like flies

To the wound on the leg

They'll come buzzing 

To an enticement, they're easily attracted 

When you lure her into your bed

She will be pregnant

And the marriage is set

Mr Adviser,

What a foolish advice is that? 

In this era of "prevention-is-better-than-cure"

where unwanted pregnancy is a blatant lie

Any lady pregnant is pregnant at will

To make you the father of her child 

Or the father of someone else's child in disguise

So know this and know peace 

In this life

Where contraceptive is next Jesus

They chew pills more than

They chew bubblegum 

In their tea, there is pill

In their rice, there is pill

In their fries, there is pill

They order meal, they order pill 

Pill in the drawer 

Pill in the bags

Pill in the pillow cases 

Postpill

Postinor-2

Sendinor

Chloramphenicol+lemon+Mountain-Dew+bitter-leaf

In case the condom couldn't 

Or menstrual miscalculated 

Or mestrogen became immune 

All these rat and the trap matter

Na another Wahala e go later cause

The self-induced burden of 

Nursing and nurturing in poverty and pain

And adding salt to the existing economic injury.

© Samueldpoetry 

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The Marriage of Anansewa by Efua Sutherland (Act One Summary)

Introduction 

This post is to summarize the Act One of the drama book title "the Marriage of Anansewa by Efua T. Sutherland. Hopefully to be useful for the students of Literature-In-English and fans of literature in general. 

Act One Summary

The scene opens with Ananse entering his home, soaked from the rain. He has bought some typing materials to write letters to the suitors he had chosen for Anansewa, his only daughter.

 Anansewa comes in shortly after her father calls for her attention. She is all dressed up, ready to go out, but her father persuades her to stay and type the letters. 

The letters are typed according to Ananse's preference: the first letter is addressed to Chief Sapaase, the second one to TogbeKlu IV of Akate, the third to Chief of the Mines, and the fourth and final one to Chief-Who-Is-Chief. The first three letters are similar in tone and content, but the last one is different. It is more personal and emotional, because Ananse prefers Chief-Who-Is-Chief to the others.

When Anansewa is done typing the letters, her father gives her the sum of 120 cedes, which he says is her school fees for the E. P. Secretarial School. The money is actually part of the cash gift from Chief-Who-Is-Chief. 

Anansewa soon realizes her father's scheme and protests against being sold into marriage. However, Ananse resorted to emotional blackmail, lamenting his poverty and how he struggles to cater for Anansewa. Anansewa cannot help but sympathize with his father, and she agrees reluctantly to accept the cash gift.

The scene was followed by a brief interlude of traditional musical performances known as Mboguo, followed by a conversation between a young couple, Akwesi and Akosua. This scene is to establish the fact that only the presentation of the head-drink gives a man the right to claim a woman as his wife. 

The final scene in the Act shows Ananse receiving more gifts from his daughter's suitors, specially, TogbeKlu IV, which is delivered to him by the Postman.

Conclusion 

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