What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky

In several stories, Arimah uses repetition to achieve an effect. What does the repetition contribute to each story?

Though most of the stories in this collection are realistic fiction, there are a few that contain unreal, speculative, or fabulist elements. How do these stories work together? How do the nonrealistic stories explore real-world themes?

The stories often use words from Nigerian languages without defining them. Explain why an author might make that choice and how it affects your reading of the stories.