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Nana, Gifty, Mercy, Ama, and Paulina are eating lunch in their boarding school cafeteria. The head of the pack and the meanest of them all, Paulina, is picking on Nana for eating too much. Mercy and Gifty go along with Paulina because they want to keep her happy, but they apologize to Nana when Paulina leaves to get her an apple. Ama discusses why she is no longer a fan of Paulina and the girls agree that she’s mean and out of line. We see the true dynamic of this group which will shortly be
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Start: PAULINA: Seriously Nana? After all I’ve said, you are still eating porridge?
MERCY: Yeah, is this your idea of a diet?
NANA: Well, it’s a smaller portion.
PAULINA: Are you determined to look like a cow?
ALL GIRLS: (except Nana) Ha!/A cow!/ Farm animals!
[... .. …]
End:
PAULINA: (takes bite of her apple) You know girls, apples are a very good source of fiber. My American cousins told me there is a parable there that says: “An apple a week, keeps you from being sick.”
NANA: (takes a bite) Yeah....They’re really good.
GIFTY: (to Nana) They keep you from being sick.
PAULINA: Portion control Nana…
(Nana stops eating and puts the apple down.)
Bioh, Jocelyn, School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play, Dramatists Play Service, 2018, pp. 7-9.
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