Part 3 consists of the journey to the West and the struggles they face along the way. When her father grows ill, though, Onye becomes desperate and attacks Aro in the spirit world, nearly killing him after seeing her bring her father back to life at his funeral, he finally agrees to teach her, believing that she will grow dangerous if she doesn’t learn to control her powers. She believes that learning the Mystic Points-i.e., learning to become a sorcerer-will help her to protect herself against her father however, Aro refuses to teach her, both because she is a girl and because she is Ewu. She meets a boy, Mwita, who is learning magic from the town sorcerer-the aforementioned Aro-and he helps her to understand her powers and abilities a bit more. Around the same time, strange things begin happening to Onye-she disappears briefly during the ceremony, and she discovers that she can change into animals as well. However, she does become and remain close friends with the other girls in ceremony-Luyu, Diti, and Binta. Further, undergoing the Rite allows her biological father to find her and begin haunting and tormenting her from afar. When she is eleven, in order to be accepted into society, she undergoes the Eleventh Rite, or female circumcision, much to the dismay of her parents.
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