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A Man of the People Study Guide

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by Chinua Achebe
About 59 pages (17,826 words)
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Chapter 6 Summary

The Elsie Odili comes to Bori to see is on night-duty but has 2 days off, during which she and a friend (for Nanga) will come to the house. Nanga's ministerial car has no trouble getting through the hospital gate, delivering Odili to a forbidden nighttime visit to the female nurses' quarters. Elsie is drowsy but desirable and desiring. The friend intended for Nanga is less pretty and very talkative. Odili hopes Nanga will not want to swap. He tells Elsie about the other Elsie he has met at a party and is glad to see her jealous. The chauffeur, who is ready to leave, interrupts their banter. Elsie is impressed by the Cadillac and proprietary as she says good-bye.

On Thursday evening, Nanga is scheduled to open the first-ever book exhibition of a.....

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