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THINGS FALL APART by Chinua Achebe

Write the script for a skit that depicts a meeting of Unoka, Ikemefuna, and Okonkwo in the afterlife.


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Answer: (Scene opens in a misty afterlife setting. Unoka is seated on a mat, strumming a tune on his ogene, while Ikemefuna and Okonkwo are standing, looking around in confusion.)

Unoka: (looking up) Ah, my dear friends have finally arrived! Welcome, Ikemefuna and Okonkwo.

Ikemefuna: (surprised) Unoka! I never expected to see you here!

Okonkwo: (suspiciously) What is going on here? Why are we in this place?

Unoka: (smiling) This is the afterlife, my friends. The land of the spirits.

Ikemefuna: (worriedly) Does that mean we are dead?

Unoka: (nodding) Yes, we are. But don't worry, we are in a good place. And we are all together again.

Okonkwo: (gruffly) What do you mean "together again"?

Unoka: (smiling) We were all once together in the land of the living, were we not? Ikemefuna was like a son to me, and you, Okonkwo, were my good friend and neighbor.

Ikemefuna: (sadly) I remember. But it seems so long ago.

Okonkwo: (muttering) Yes, it does. Too long.

Unoka: (looking at Okonkwo) I see that you still carry the weight of your actions in the land of the living, my friend.

Okonkwo: (defensively) What actions?

Unoka: (sighing) Your actions towards Ikemefuna. You were not kind to him, were you?

Ikemefuna: (nodding) No, he was not.

Okonkwo: (angrily) It was for the good of the clan! I did what I had to do!

Unoka: (shaking his head) No, my friend. There is no justification for what you did. And now, in the afterlife, you must face the consequences of your actions.

Ikemefuna: (softly) Unoka is right. You should have protected me.

Okonkwo: (sighing) I know. I regret what I did. I regret it every day.

Unoka: (smiling) That is good, my friend. Regret is the first step towards redemption.

Ikemefuna: (curiously) What happens now?

Unoka: (standing up) Now, we wait. We wait for the spirits to judge us, and then we move on to our next destination.

Okonkwo: (nervously) And what if we are judged harshly?

Unoka: (smiling) Then we learn from our mistakes, and we try again in our next life. That is the beauty of the afterlife, my friends. It is a second chance.

Ikemefuna: (smiling) I like that idea.

Okonkwo: (nodding) Yes, so do I.

(Unoka begins to strum on his ogene again, and the misty afterlife setting begins to fade away.)

Unoka: (smiling) Until we meet again, my friends.

Ikemefuna: (smiling) Until we meet again.

Okonkwo: (nodding) Yes, until we meet again.

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