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REVENGE

    A play   wake- keeping grounds.      Sober mood, with people crying quietly       Maame Kyerewaa bursts in, waving a white handkerchief, singing loudly 'So so wonders Jesus dey do' Papa Kyei's head suddenly shoots up, wondering if someone had entered his compound mistakenly 'Hai, has she gone mad'?, Some women whisper among themselves .Sarfoaa,whose son has been laid in state cries even louder and her sisters try to calm her . Maame Kyerewaa is approached by the Abusuapanyin(family head); Maame, gyai(stop), your rival has lost her child.  “Oh really? You are really sure I'm not aware?” She asks and raises another song 'He has done for me, what my father could not do'. “Ei Maame, are you going mad?”   someone asks incredulously, “Leave her, she is a witch!” another boldly shouts.  Maame stops, looks at the person, smiles and starts dancing afresh, ‘God of Miracles’ Sarfoaa springs out of her chair and before anyone is able to st