Vocabulary
Flamboyant
Tending to attract attention because of their exuberant confidence and style.
A mother who is grieving her son while also trying to seek asylum and get her visa so she can go to America.
The narrator
To speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letter of words.
Stammer
The dead son of the narrator. He is four years old. He gave his mom motivation and purpose.
Ugonna
Reverently
With deep and solemn respect
A reporter for a paper called the New Nigeria. He cares most about his work over his family. The police were searching for him because he exposed the government. He ended up fleeing to Benin.
The husband
To change from a soft or fluid state to a rigid or solid state by cooling or freezing.
Congealed
Denunciations
The act of accusing someone in public of something bad.