“You have today joined the many women who die every month and resurrect a week after. You have learned the intricate windings of the waist of a mortar. You can now eat a banana and bring forth a cluster of plantain, and from today, a man is but only a baby to you. Men must pay you the whole universe to see your nakedness and finally, my granddaughter, be strong for the world cometh with its cruel fist to knock you out from this phase of your life. Please, I dare you to not give up. Be strong Aku! Be strong my granddaughter! Be strong descendant of a limping lion”
Portions of the short story 'Red Means Go' in the the collection of short stories titled 'The Virgin Mother and Other Short Stories by Oppong Clifford Benjamin'
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