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Baroka
Sadiku is Baroka's first wife. She is very loyal to her husband and spends her time acting as a matchmaker to find him new brides and concubines. Her devotion isn't blind and unwavering, however. When Baroka confides in Sadiku that his manhood is gone, she's thrilled to have "scotched" her husband and scored a victory for all women over men. Since Sadiku is Baroka’s first wife, traditional values give her a degree of power, and she fears progress and modernity.
Sadiku Quotes in The Lion and the Jewel
The The Lion and the Jewel quotes below are all either spoken by Sadiku or refer to Sadiku. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Noon
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My name is Sidi, and I am beautiful.
The stranger took my beauty
And placed it in my hands.
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They are lies, lies. You must not believe everything you hear. Sidi, would I deceive you? I swear to you...
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Night
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Like the foolish top you think the world revolves around you... fools! fools! it is you who run giddy while we stand still and watch, and draw your frail thread from you, slowly, till nothing is left but a runty old stick.
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For though you're nearly seventy,
Your mind is simple and unformed.
Have you no shame that at your age,
You neither read nor write nor think?
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Did she not, perhaps... invent some tale?
For I know Sadiku loves to be
All-knowing.
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Dear Sidi, we shall forget the past.
This great misfortune touches not
The treasury of my love.
But you will agree, it is only fair
That we forget the bride-price totally
Since you no longer can be called a maid.
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Sadiku Quotes in The Lion and the Jewel
The The Lion and the Jewel quotes below are all either spoken by Sadiku or refer to Sadiku. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Noon
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My name is Sidi, and I am beautiful.
The stranger took my beauty
And placed it in my hands.
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They are lies, lies. You must not believe everything you hear. Sidi, would I deceive you? I swear to you...
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Night
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Like the foolish top you think the world revolves around you... fools! fools! it is you who run giddy while we stand still and watch, and draw your frail thread from you, slowly, till nothing is left but a runty old stick.
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For though you're nearly seventy,
Your mind is simple and unformed.
Have you no shame that at your age,
You neither read nor write nor think?
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Did she not, perhaps... invent some tale?
For I know Sadiku loves to be
All-knowing.
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Dear Sidi, we shall forget the past.
This great misfortune touches not
The treasury of my love.
But you will agree, it is only fair
That we forget the bride-price totally
Since you no longer can be called a maid.
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