The Sacred Door and Other Stories by Makuchi;Okpewho Isidore;

Author:Makuchi;Okpewho, Isidore;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2008-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

1Plural, meshre. A container made of cane, used mainly by women, to transport things to and harvested foods from the farm. It can be used to carry anything. Men do not carry meshre (although young boys do)—men use bags or sacks that they carry over their shoulders or they use bendjob (see the story “King-of-Scabies”). Because the neshre is carried on the back, the part that lies on the back is flat and the rest of the container has a widening semicircle-like oval shape that opens out from the flat side, up, and around. A specially woven belt, about two inches wide, known as a tou is used to carry the neshre. When carrying a neshre, the tou runs from the back of the neshre, up by the ears, to the woman’s forehead and is adjusted for comfort.

2This animal is popularly known in the Bamenda grasslands as the grass cutter—cutting-grass in Pidgin English.

3A scrawny dog that eats the baby’s poop; neble, meaning excrement; mo meaning a baby, a child.

4Literally, one who eats and denies the fact; untrustworthy; a liar.

5Traditional Beba skirt, made out of numerous long strips—each about two inches wide—of different pieces of cloth, sewn together at the waistline only and worn by tying it around the waist like a wrappa (flowery cotton cloth, worn by wrapping around the waist).

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