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?
AMA ATA AIDOOO yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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I’ve written poems about gifts.
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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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Ghana is like a lion without a head
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It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
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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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Things are working out… towards their dazzling conclusions.
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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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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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Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.
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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
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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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No matter what anybody says, we can’t have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.
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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.
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Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.
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O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other.
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