His [Ben Okri’s] work poses very serious questions for the twenty-first century. Among them:
ABERJHANIAs sad as it may be to admit, in our modern world people are far more accustomed to hearing news of war, genocide, murder, disasters, famine, and disease
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What can bombs know of the illuminated fields so golden with heaven in your heart’s sacred lands?
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That we all encounter during some unavoidable point of our existence into a sustainable life-affirming poetics of passionate creativity, empowered spiritual vision, and inspired commitment.
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Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends.
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Someone had to embrace positive beginnings before anyone could celebrate successful conclusions or continuations.
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Before the thunderous clamor of political debate or war set loose in the world, love insisted on its promise for the possibility of human unity
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The issue, perhaps, boils down to one of how perceptions or misperceptions of racial difference impact various ‘individuals’, or groups of ‘individuals’
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It becomes more and more difficult to avoid the idea of black men as subjects of not just racial profiling but of an insidious form of racial obliteration sanctioned by silence.
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It also contains a humbling light of recognition that compels many to do whatever they can to help reinforce the efforts of those who might be ‘at risk’ of not just giving up on their dreams, but of giving up on their continued existence.
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Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.
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With intent to neither idolize nor demonize the man [Barack Obama], it seems fair and evident enough to say that the current president of America is not a leader whose way is that of violent public outbursts.
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It can make all the difference between a man, woman, or child allowing despair to permanently paralyze any dreams
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Got just enough room to be a friend of yours. Oh I hope you got room to be a friend of mine.
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Life possesses an amazing array of profoundly sad faces.
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Without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss.
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