- All's Well That Ends Well
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Just after giving up on returning to his old job at the mine, Jonathan spends five days arduously trying to exchange Biafran currency at the Treasury, in exchange for which he is given an ex-gratia award (a substantial cash payment), which everyone calls an “egg-rasher.” The repetition of Jonathan’s favorite proverb suggests that the egg-rasher’s sudden appearance is a gift from God, perhaps to make up for the shutdown of the mine. It’s notable that Jonathan seems so convinced of God’s authority and power, even as all the traditional authorities in Nigerian society have broken down, as shown by the…