Am I to assume there is no defense counsel for the alien? BIG BERTHA brings in ANODIWA, who stands at the opposite end of the table.) HOPKINS, US Attorney, who stands to one side of the table. (JUDGE TALISON enters in robes and sits at table followed by MS. America must decide if all children belong to the same sky. In the village or the city every demon has its own bite.ĬHILD BRIDES. Did I cut off your feet and drag you with me? But it was you who ran away, Funani!įUNANI. Bring them to me on Thursday so we can prepare a wedding feast. You will marry into the same house and be wives and mothers. ) Icici! (ICICI steps out of jail cell.) This is a blessed day. With a ram, two goats, and four cattle your belly will be full. The bride price for all three will make you a rich man. I will pay you the bride price for all three. She has her heart set on Fareke, but he can’t pay the bride price. The medicine the doctors give me is not strong. With my bare hands I will tear the dirt and honor you. And now the oldest son of my first wife has gone to work in the mines. I have buried my wives, children, and grandchildren. He had fifteen rams and a herd of Nguni cattle. Do you remember the night we left?įUNANI. Drunken whispers ate at her breast-we were left on the shore. Mother held a chamber in Anodiwa’s heart-American streets hurled her tender soil into shattered cracks of concrete. But she forgot to wrap Africa in palm leaves and oil before she swam the ocean. I am not prepared to see a judge!īIG BERTHA. Why don’t you go back to Africa and get one?ĪNODIWA. But they are required to give me legal counsel.īIG BERTHA. America doesn’t owe you a damn thing.ĪNODIWA. They didn’t give me legal counsel.īIG BERTHA. Judge said to bring you over now.ĪNODIWA. You got anything in your pockets?īIG BERTHA.
Immigration judge wants to see you.īIG BERTHA. The music, the fashion, the place that was better than heaven.īIG BERTHA. Each star was a city in America I wanted to know. When I got to the ceiling, I opened the roof. I would lie on my bed and walk up the walls in my mind. I used to think if I could just get to America. CHILD BRIDES sit, stand, and lie in adjacent cell.)ĪNODIWA. Place: The action occurs in an urban American city and the memories of four African women. NURSE - Nurse at Botswanian border clinic
VICKY HILL - American television journalistĭOCTOR - Doctor at Botswanian border clinic NURSE - American nurse at 4th Street Clinic *Multiple roles for 3 men and 6 women/Diverse CastingīIG BERTHA - American corrections officerĬHILD BRIDES - Funani, Ifu, Icici, Botswanian teenagers
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