Ten Steps To Greatness by Oluwole Leigh

1. Walk into the buka and you'll see women pounding, stirring and moulding.
2. Ask for what to eat and you are confronted with a choice of Lafun, Iyan, Eba and Amala.





3. Choose Amala and she scoops layers of fine paste that was originally yam flour before it was heated, stirred and mixed into its present state.
4. Amala needs company so you step up with your bowl and savor the aroma of different pots of steaming sauce.
5. Point to ewedu and watch as Amala is drizzled with a fresh and green heated mixture.
6. Call for abula and watch as she drowns the Amala in a brown and creamy sea.
7. Smile because she has set a table for you in the presence of Abodi, Ishan, Roundabout, Ogufe, Eran Igbe, Igbin and Bokoto, Itan and Eja kika.
8. Send the food on its way and watch your digestive enzymes kick into action. 
9. Welcome Orijin to the party as it escorts its brethen on their way to eternal rest.
10. When all is said and done, wash your hands and step out into the sun. 
Greatness is set before you.



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