At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.
AMA ATA AIDOOThe very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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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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It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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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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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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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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Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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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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Humans, not places, make memories.
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Love 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.
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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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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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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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