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Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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Become Children Frightened Moment Parent Really Sad
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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Country Full Funny Given Irrevelant Memory Modern Package People Race Seriously Truly
Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa’s young people properly.
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Attack Country Easy Guilt Meet People Politician Property Young
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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Best Consider Knife Neither One Riddle Sharpen Side Solve Way
Soyinka’s Death at Dawn, Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts, Stevie Smith’s Not Waving but Drowning and Wislawa Szymborska’s Some People come to mind immediately. But there are plenty, plenty more that I enjoy.
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Art Auden Beaux Country Death Enjoy Immediately Mind People Person Plenty Some
No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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All Anyone Matter No Say Woman
The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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Back Certainty Conversation Lunch Old Remain Topic Very
Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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Conclusion Cut Dazzling Toward Work
It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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Artist Country Understandable
I’ve written poems about gifts.
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Gift Poem Written
Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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Come Inspirational Life Must Place Sometimes Unlike
Humans, not places, make memories.
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Human Memorize Place
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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Authoritarianism Computation Country Embarrass Expise Fight Literature Purpose Serve
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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Chance Force never Powerful Progress Underestimate
It is a matter of some interest, that the only other volume A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt reminds one of is Ake, by Wole Soyinka. What is it about these Yorubas?
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Country Interest Matter Mouth People Person Salt Some Sweeter Volume
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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Difficult Frankly Idea Interset Occur Once Poem Rest Theme Want

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