Reading Notes : Nigeria, Part A

 The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull


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  • A young beauty named Afion, only wanted to marry the best-looking man in the country
  • The men her parents chose for her were wealthy but not handsome
  • Afion continued to disobey her parents
  • A skull from the spirit land heard of Afion and wanted to possess her
  • He borrowed the best looking parts from his friends and became a handsome man
  • Afion saw the man, fell in love and brought him home
  • Afion's parents did not want their daughter to marry a stranger but eventually agreed
  • The skull took Afion to the spirit land and returned to his real self
  • Afriad, she wanted to return home but the skull would not allow it
  • The skulls mom and Afion befriended each other
  • The skulls mom offered her safe passage home but on the condition that she not disobey her parents
  • Afion went home, and laws were passed for parents to not allow their daughters to marry strangers

Bibliography: The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull, by Elphinstone Dayrell, story

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