from Sarah Collins, 1749. A hawk omen on the trail. Border security. A seemingly impossible task.

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Later that morning, scrambling up the riverbank which was even steeper and slipperier than Turtle Woman had told him, Kweku looked up to see a hawk flying overhead in the direction he was going. He took it as a good omen that he was on the right course.

After he made the last turn, he entered a small clear space in the woods, with a stake

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Adetunji - Crown Prince (Yoruba)
Alkuraani - The Qur’an (Fula & Hausa < Arabic).
Allah - God (Arabic).
Dawudu - David (