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Oku Akama
Tungwas are soccer ball-sized orbs that float around in Leopard Knocks and other all-Leopard settlements—and explode when they feel like it, splattering bits of meat, hair, bone, and teeth everywhere when they do. Nobody knows exactly what they are, but they’re considered harmless nuisances.
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Tungwa Term Timeline in Akata Witch
The timeline below shows where the term Tungwa appears in Akata Witch. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4
...a rotten smell. Sunny almost vomits as Orlu tells her that nobody knows exactly what tungwas are, they’re just annoying and disgusting.
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Chapter 13
...itself is overwhelming, with many booths, religious groups, juju everywhere, and kids playing with a tungwa. Anatov suggests they get something to eat, but as Sunny eats her okra soup, she...
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