Asabi is a girl from Adunni’s village who ran away from her husband to be with her lover, Tafa, but was caught and punished by being forced to stay alone in a single room until she learned her lesson. Adunni regards Asabi as a warning of what could happen if she runs away to avoid her marriage.
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Chapter 3
...she refuses. She fears the village chief might catch and punish her like he punished Asabi, a girl in Ikati who ran away from her older husband to be with her...
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