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Ifemelu heard a girl close by say, “I don’t have ten kobo for transport to go home.” the strike lasted too long.

She would not have paid a kobo at the medical center; at least there was still that benefit to being a lecturer.

“I’m not spending ten kobo of my money unless I have to.”

“After all, how many of you give to this church, gbo? How can we build the house if you don’t give? Do you think zinc and cement cost a mere ten kobo?”