The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
AMA ATA AIDOOthe best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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Humans, not places, make memories.
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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.
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Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we need food for our stomachs and clothes for our backs, love is nothing. Ah my lady, the last man any woman should think of marrying is the man she loves.
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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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O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.
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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 always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.
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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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No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not difficult.
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