People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
AMA ATA AIDOOPeople are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
AMA ATA AIDOOOnce in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write when I was too young to know what was good for me.
AMA ATA AIDOOIts a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
AMA ATA AIDOOLife is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
AMA ATA AIDOOIt 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?
AMA ATA AIDOOThings are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
AMA ATA AIDOOThe very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
AMA ATA AIDOOI always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.
AMA ATA AIDOOLove 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.
AMA ATA AIDOOFor us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
AMA ATA AIDOOPoliticians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa’s young people properly.
AMA ATA AIDOOO yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
AMA ATA AIDOOThere are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.
AMA ATA AIDOOSometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
AMA ATA AIDOOThey had always told me that I wrote like a man.
AMA ATA AIDOONo matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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