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Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information.

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Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.
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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information.
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I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.
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After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth from other people comes so sweet to us when it comes, because, we always carry with us the knowledge of the cold loneliness of death?
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Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.
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No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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Humans, not places, make memories.
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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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