Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents viii
3. Landscape
4. No Longer in a Mother Tongue 3
5. Crown of Leaves 7
6. Fourth Song of the Child Soldiers 9
7. Procession: Firsts … Lasts, by Ones … Threes, in the Schoolyard of Ghosts 10
8. Diamond Necklace 11
9. Third Song of the Child Soldiers 12
10. The Light is Not the Usual Light 16
11. An Evening Line (I) 22
12. Need to Parade 23
13. A is for Angola
14. Teeth [A Methodology] 27
15. Action 28
16. Army 29
17. Border 30
18. Bush 31
19. Camp 32
20. Defense 33
21. Duty 34
22. Force 35
23. Form 36
24. Game 37
25. Kudu 38
26. Map 39
27. Mine 40
28. Names 41
29. News (I) 42
30. News (II) 43
31. North 44
32. Opening 45
33. Rifle 46
34. Sand 47
35. Skirt 48
36. Train 49
37. Troop 50
38. Troupe 51
39. Uniform 52
40. Unit 53
41. War 54
42. Watched for Music
43. Palm-Wine Songs for the Ghost King 57
44. From Above 62
45. Fail to Contain 63
46. An Evening Line (II) 65
47. Watched for Music 66
48. Neowise 71
49. Seventh Song of the Child Soldiers 73
50. Notes … Acknowledgments 75