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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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Admit Closer Come Death Knowledge Loneliness Ourselves People Warmth
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism.
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Authoritarianism Computation Country Embarrass Expise Fight Literature Purpose Serve
Its a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.
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Become Children Frightened Moment Parent Really Sad
People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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Antics Create Even God Immensely People Worm
Ghana is like a lion without a head
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Ghanam Like Head Lion Without
Soyinka’s Death at Dawn, Auden’s Musée des Beaux Arts, Stevie Smith’s Not Waving but Drowning and Wislawa Szymborska’s Some People come to mind immediately. But there are plenty, plenty more that I enjoy.
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Art Auden Beaux Country Death Enjoy Immediately Mind People Person Plenty Some
Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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Come Inspirational Life Must Place Sometimes Unlike
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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Catch Courage Found Myself Once Start Too While Wonder Write Young
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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Age Ask Career Fifteen Poet Reply Teacher Want
They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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Always Amn Told Wrote
Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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Conclusion Cut Dazzling Toward Work
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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Attack Country Easy Guilt Meet People Politician Property Young
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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Chance Force never Powerful Progress Underestimate
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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Difficult Frankly Idea Interset Occur Once Poem Rest Theme Want
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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Country Interest Matter Mouth People Person Salt Some Sweeter Volume
The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics.
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Back Certainty Conversation Lunch Old Remain Topic Very

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