Things Fall Apart

What are the italicized words included in the text? What is the purpose of including these words in the narrative?

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The italicized words included in the text are the unique words of the Igbo people.

chi, obi, kotma,

—a song sung by the prisoners:

"Kotma of the ashy buttocks,

He is fit to be a slave. The white man has no sense,

He is fit to be a slave."

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