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I’m writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.

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The Bible has affected their lives, but in translation, since they do not read the Bible in the original Greek or Hebrew.
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Bible Country Effect Original Raed Translation
Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!
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Christianity Civilisation Committed Country Crime Name Western
Of course it’s very, very important for me to feel Kenya, to feel, every day, this is where images come from. So to be taken away from that by political pressure or other means – one is taken away from the area, which is the basis of inspiration – is difficult.
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Come Country Course Feel From Image Important
I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened – particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over the world feel uncomfortable about that; they want to be in control.
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Always Awake Control Ordinary Particularly People Repressive Think Uncomfortable
Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those determined to dismantle it.
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Butterfield Confirm Continuous Determine Force Fought Live Pledge
Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.
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Area Like Location Work Writer
Those who strive to build a protective wall around it, and those who wish to pull it down; those who seek to mould it and those committed to breaking it up; those who aim to open our eyes, to make us see the light and look to tomorrow […] and those who wish to lull us into closing our eyes
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Breaking Committee Down Eye Light Mould Open Protective Pull Seek Strive Tomorrow Up Wish
People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday.
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Ever People War Result Sunday Today
So what I thought was just an African problem or issue is actually a global phenomenon about relationships of power between languages and cultures.
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Country Culture Global Language Power Problem
I’m writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.
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Country Irvine People People Person Write
Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.
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Amidst Beautiful Blood Life Pain Poverty Struggle
Then they begin to see through their language that the problems described there are the same as the problems they are having. They can identify with characters from another language group.
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Began Character Describe Group Language Problem
Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa’s souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind?
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Away Continent Corner Country Million Soul Wind
They want to be the ones telling people: “This is what we have done in history” but when people begin to say, “No this is what we have done in history” it’s a different thing.
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Begin Different Done History One People Say Tell Thing
A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.
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Access Acquire English Language Make Person Possible Thing
It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an audience beyond that language through the art of translation.
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Art Audience Beyond Could Country Language Practical Reach Revelation Sense Still Write

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