Humans, not places, make memories.
AMA ATA AIDOOIt is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.
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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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No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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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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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth from other people comes so sweet to us when it comes, because, we always carry with us the knowledge of the cold loneliness of death?
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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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