Dial - Season 2 - Episode 66

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Dial - Season 2 - Episode 66

There were many shouts, and many of the women present broke into tears.
“It is too late, Mr. Biko,” Nana b0s0mba said. “We needed you here to marry her corpse, and spend a honeymoon night with her, but alas, we didn’t even know you then!”

“The Holy Man knew me!” I wept bitterly. “He came to me, and begged me to come and do it, but I didn’t! Oh, please, I can’t live knowing she isn’t buried right! Please, look into your customs. Surely there must be something that can be done!”
“What should be done is impossible!” Nana b0s0mba shouted, and this time tears came into his eyes. “Her grave has been cemented over! You need to speak to her with sincerity! Our ancestors believe that a tortured soul always gives a sign. If you speak to her sincerely, we shall receive a sign, and then we can all decide to bury her with her ancestors honourably.”
“And what sign are we talking about here, please?” I asked.

“The gravestone needs to break,” he said sadly. “And that, my friend, is impossible! Come, it is getting very dark. We will give you a place to sleep, and something to fill your stomach. And then, on the dawn, we will take you to the Holy Man!”

“No, no, no!” I wept bitterly. “I need to see Akos! Take me to her graveside, please!”
He spoke rapidly to his people, and again his words were met with great wails. He held a short meeting with some of them as I remained on my hands and knees, and then presently he came back to me.

“Alright, Mr. Biko,” he said quietly. “We take you to her graveside.”
Some young man lifted me up and put me across a stretcher-like contraption. Four men carried it, two in front and two behind, the handles across their shoulders.