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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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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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Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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Humans, not places, make memories.
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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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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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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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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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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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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.
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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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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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