ABSTRACT
To ge t a full day' s work done o n any of the fiv e houses he is building, Bold Onadele mus t ris e early . A t seven o'cloc k hi s curren t forema n knock s and enters, ready to start for the casual labor market. Bola goes into his bedroom to gather u p a few tools that his men may need durin g the day, decides he als o needs the building plan for one of the houses but then puts it down again, and makes a face a t the baby in the crib as he goes out the parlor door. From the courtyard in the rear, where she is sitting over a wash-basin of clothes, his wife calls out, "O ddbq!"
