"He had knocked his toes against so many things that he had no toenails anymore and the yaws he had suffered from his youth had twisted his toes up so that ...

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The description is in reference to the foot of Meka, a character in Ferdinand Oyono's The Old Man and the Medal. The text describes how Meka had knocked his toes against so many things that he had lost his toenails and how the yaws he had suffered from his youth had twisted his toes up so that they pointed to the sky.