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I Used to Think God Was Perfect, But...
The mammy wagon, due to a long established habit, was driving on the left side
of the road. The semi, appropriately and legally, was driving on the right side. As
they came over the brow of a hill they were headed straight for each other.
2
The Narcodollar Chieftains: The Narcotics Godfathers
XXXX A damson mammy wagon slowed down near the last porch of the refining
complex. Three men, dressed in brown clothes, brimmed hats, and grave- digger
boots, came into the porch through a glass door, then down to the mammy ...
3
A Historical Geography of Ghana
prospect of picking up more freight. As a result the cost of road transport to or
from Northern Ghana was high. Elsewhere the fewness of good motorabic roads
was amply compensated for by the use of that unique vehicle, the ' mammy
wagon '.
4
Thunder in the Morning: A Novel of Africa
One day, a passing mammy-wagon, with its urbanized passengers showing the
excitement over her fruits, picked up her basket of tomatoes beside the road
instead of mangoes. The tomatoes from the farm were for use in the house.
5
Far Away in the Sky: A Memoir of the Biafran Airlift
... sides and up front over the windshield. The slogans were in English, Pidgin
English or the Igbo language. They represented local wisdom or humor, and as
Peace Corps Volunteers, we checked out each Mammy Wagon to read its slogan
.
MAMMY WAGONS An essential part of the daily life of Ghanaians is the mammy
wagon. Whether going to work, to the market, home to visit the family at festival
time, or to the seaside, everyone uses this form of public transportation. Mammy ...
7
Last Lorry to Mbordo: Misadventures in Nation Building
Karen's return to Pandu the next day was uneventful until the mammy wagon she
had boarded in Towa was within a few miles of Admasi. The roads seemed
almost empty even for a Sunday and the driver reduced his speed to a few miles
per ...
This is what I actually observed in the mammy wagon names of the West
Cameroon, although deviations both in orthography and phonology often marked
the influence of Pidgin English. Where, however, Schneider has /dey/ I have used
Dey ...
9
Into the Great Unknown: Adventures in Africa, Eastern ...
Only the most daring driver would try to overtake a mammy-wagon. It is said that
some drivers purchase their licences rather than sit the appropriate tests. They
keep themselves going by chewing stimulating kola nuts. I remember reading a ...
It was what you might call a 'show stopper'. The looks on peoples faces led Tim to
a hurried explanation. His mother was the conductor on the mammy wagon that
comes through Uli twice a day. She was also the conductor on any mammy ...
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The Audacity of Tropes: Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, And The …
... delegation of villagers from the then western state hired a mammy wagon bus and headed for the country's capital, which was then in Lagos. «The News, 十二月 14»
I Refused to Go to Local Schools
We would go on Mammy Wagon Lorry. I attended Uzuakoli Methodist College in the present Abia State as a boarder where I finished in 1957. «THISDAY Live, 六月 14»
In Parakou: So hot was my soup, I forgot my notebook!
On the day we set out of Cotonou, the fare to Parakou was 5,500F (roughly N2,000) in the 50-seater mammy wagon, which despite its ... «Daily Sun, 三月 14»
