Dan lazed on the bench atthe rear veranda and watched his grandmother, Ekam Dan, busy prepare a meal ofyam and plantain in her open and detached kitchen. A twinned plantain she putbehind her back and her hands had dragged them to split. The first time Dan hadseen his grandmother do it, he had asked her why and though she had long pastthe age of menopause, she said she was doing it so she