O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
AMA ATA AIDOOThings are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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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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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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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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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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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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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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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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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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Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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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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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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No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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