One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
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One day, I will look up and all the people I know will be dead or abroad.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah
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