O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
AMA ATA AIDOOAfter 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?
More Ama Ata Aidoo Quotes
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Once 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.
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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 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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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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Humans, not places, make memories.
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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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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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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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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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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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Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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