Summarize
‘Dogo is deserted’
Not long after this bereavement, the young wife was struck with a bad fever. In moments of hallucination, she accused first wife of bewitching her. That was just what Dogo was waiting to hear. In a fit of rage, he drove the first wife. from the house.
'Meanwhile, the two girls, Adama and Talatu, had only a few years left to complete their training at the Teachers' Training College. The son had returned from the white man’s country, but he would not speak to their father for what he had done to their mother. Dogo remained with the young wife, who was sickly and could no longer have children. His life seemed to be turned inside out. It was then he took lo serious drinking and gambling, and that was how he ruined himself completely. When it became evident that Dogo would soon join the street people, the young wife left. The Musa Dogo, known to us, became nothing more than an empty shell.' The woman paused to talk to her little one.
'And the senior wife?' Nana pursued. 'God bless her, she prospered through sheer hard work. She would go to the farm before cockcrow and would not come back until the chickens had gone to roost. As for Dogo,it was his son who finally saved him’
‘His son,' Nana's face brightened.
'Yes, his son. After much persuasion from his uncles, he relented. He sent word that he would come back to his father on condition that his mother returned to the house and his father stopped drinking.
'Once more Dogo's pride returned. He realised that he had fathered a son who had proved to be ten sons. He started taking an interest in his farm once more and prosperity was within reach. But there was something that worried him a little. His son was still not married. His wife was now past delivering age, and he had sworn never to marry again. If his son were to marry, would he not witness the continuation of his line through his son? He became highly excited at the prospect. Why didn't he think of that before - his son continuing his line? He became impatient.
'When his son came home briefly on a visit, Dogo mentioned a wife, but the son laughed it off.
'Not yet, father, l am not settled yet.' But Dogo did not understand. He went about saying, 'It is because he has not yet seen a beautiful woman, but I have seen her and I will marry her for him. The next time he comes, he will not be able to resist what I have in store for him. No man can. ‘So Dogo, being the man that he was, did just that he was, did just that. He married a young, beautiful girl for his son and sent for him to come.'
