Ekpiri is the first level of education that Leopard People attain, as soon as they’ve gone through their initiation.
Ekpiri Quotes in Akata Witch
The Akata Witch quotes below are all either spoken by Ekpiri or refer to Ekpiri. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 4
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“But I’ve always known of my Leopard inheritance and I’ve always been able to do small things like make mosquitoes stay away, warm my bathwater, things like that. Initiation meant something different to me than to you. It’s more a mark of beginning my life’s journey. Yours was, too—but it was also the actual beginning of your Self.”
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Ekpiri Term Timeline in Akata Witch
The timeline below shows where the term Ekpiri appears in Akata Witch. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 3
...a few kids. Chichi is impressed, since that’s upper-level juju, but Orlu insists that they’re Ekpiri—low-level—and there are rules. Sasha remains unconcerned, even when Orlu adds that Sasha changed the minds...
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Chapter 4
...were babies. They were initiated two years ago into the first level, which is called Ekpiri. They’ve all done this early, as most kids do it at 14 or 15. Next...
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