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Sunny’s mother is a doctor who also takes on most of the housework to care for her husband, Sunny’s father, and her three children (Sunny, Ugonna, and Chukwu). Sunny thinks of her mother as a mostly neutral presence when the novel begins. But as Sunny undergoes her initiation into Leopard society and gets home late after spending time with her Leopard friends, her mother becomes a close ally. Though Sunny’s mother is a Lamb and doesn’t know what exactly is going on with Sunny, she recognizes that Sunny is, like her mother Ozoemena, a Leopard Person—and that the rules necessarily need to be different for Sunny. So, she stands up to her husband when he becomes violent and cruel to Sunny, and she assures Sunny that she trusts her and won’t ask questions about what Sunny is up to. She also hands over a box that her mother left for Sunny containing information about Ozoemena and her abilities.
Sunny’s Mother Quotes in Akata Witch
The Akata Witch quotes below are all either spoken by Sunny’s Mother or refer to Sunny’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 2
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Her father believed that all one needed to succeed in life was an education. He had gone to school for many years to become a barrister, and then gone on to be the most successful child in his family. Sunny’s mother was an MD, and often talked about how excelling in school had opened opportunities to her that girls only two decades before didn’t normally get. So Sunny believed in education, too. But here was Chichi’s mother, surrounded by the hundreds of books she’d read, living in a decrepit old mud hut with her daughter.
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Chapter 9
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“The second and third are the university, for true scholars. Third levelers, Ndibus, who want to keep evolving.”
“My mother goes there,” Chichi said proudly. “She’s one of the younger students, though.”
“Younger?” Chichi’s mother was about her mother’s age.
“It’s not like with Lambs,” Orlu said. “Age is one of the requirements to even start at the Obi University of Pre-Scholars. You have to be over forty-two.”
Chapter 12
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“Your parents born here?”
“Yeah,” she said.
“Then you from here and there. Dual thing, you know?”
She laughed. “If you say so.”
“I know so.”
“So what’s that make me, then?”
“Who cares?” he said. “You want a juju knife, right?”
Chapter 18
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“You’ve made good progress, Sunny,” Anatov said.
“Thanks.”
“What I’d like you to think about, though, is who you are. Because within that knowledge is the key to how much you can learn.”
She frowned, thinking about what had just happened with her mother. “Oga,” she whispered, “these days I don’t really think I know who I am.” Anatov was silent. “What do you know of my grandmother? Who was she?”
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Sunny’s Mother Quotes in Akata Witch
The Akata Witch quotes below are all either spoken by Sunny’s Mother or refer to Sunny’s Mother. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 2
Quotes
Her father believed that all one needed to succeed in life was an education. He had gone to school for many years to become a barrister, and then gone on to be the most successful child in his family. Sunny’s mother was an MD, and often talked about how excelling in school had opened opportunities to her that girls only two decades before didn’t normally get. So Sunny believed in education, too. But here was Chichi’s mother, surrounded by the hundreds of books she’d read, living in a decrepit old mud hut with her daughter.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 9
Quotes
“The second and third are the university, for true scholars. Third levelers, Ndibus, who want to keep evolving.”
“My mother goes there,” Chichi said proudly. “She’s one of the younger students, though.”
“Younger?” Chichi’s mother was about her mother’s age.
“It’s not like with Lambs,” Orlu said. “Age is one of the requirements to even start at the Obi University of Pre-Scholars. You have to be over forty-two.”
Chapter 12
Quotes
“Your parents born here?”
“Yeah,” she said.
“Then you from here and there. Dual thing, you know?”
She laughed. “If you say so.”
“I know so.”
“So what’s that make me, then?”
“Who cares?” he said. “You want a juju knife, right?”
Chapter 18
Quotes
“You’ve made good progress, Sunny,” Anatov said.
“Thanks.”
“What I’d like you to think about, though, is who you are. Because within that knowledge is the key to how much you can learn.”
She frowned, thinking about what had just happened with her mother. “Oga,” she whispered, “these days I don’t really think I know who I am.” Anatov was silent. “What do you know of my grandmother? Who was she?”
