Quotes about African literature

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Whatever you are looking for is also looking for you. You see, don't only look. Be available and ready when it shows up — Sahndra Fon Dufe
We should, I think, proceed to enquire into what we mean by ideals - or rather, to examine, critically, the nature of th — John Okechukwu Munonye, A Wreath For The Maidens
A PHD is not the end of education. Education exists even among the bees who feed their queen only with the purest — Sahndra Fon Dufe
In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer — Chinua Achebe, A Man of the People
The sky was overcast with thick, grey clouds drifting in the direction of Idasa. That meant rain. It would come, as long — T.M. Aluko
Africa PRODUCES what it does NOT CONSUME and CONSUMES what it does NOT PRODUCE. — Ali A. Mazrui, Africa, The Next Thirty Years
The long rays of sun stretched across the street and touched the twisted mabati tin roofs of the shops, creating a soft — Stanley Gazemba (Bahati Books)
Does rough weather choose men over women? Does the sun beat on men, leaving women nice and cool?' Nyawira asked rather s — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Wizard of the Crow
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten — Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart
The African continent has so many stories to tell, it's about time they are told, by them - not us. — Akilnathan Logeswaran
In those sticky summer nights in South London our windows stay open and our tiny apartment becomes our secret garden. Th — Diriye Osman, Fairytales for Lost Children
Notwithstanding the memories of slavery, and in the face poverty, ignorance, terrorism, and subjugation still deeply wov — Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
Africa! Africa! Africa! Africa my motherland!Africa, your people cries for you!Africans must educate their citizens.Afri — Lailah Gifty Akita
But how wonderful when the tale is told,And the message that is meant for usOpens like the scents of a mountain flower! — Mazisi Kunene
The headlines are never in the news! And so, what I am saying is the news is never on the headlines — Sahndra Fon Dufe
To be able to influence Tanzanian literature and African literature, and sell our books in Tanzania as well as in our co — Enock Maregesi
I know of no evil that ever existed, nor can imagine any evil to exist, worse than the tearing of seventy or eighty thou — William Pitt the Younger
The God of Imagination lived in fairytales. And the best fairytales made you fall in love. It was while flicking through — Diriye Osman, Fairytales for Lost Children
You can no longer see or identify yourself solely as a member of a tribe, but as a citizen of a nation of one people wor — Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All Africans: How Every African Can Live the Life of Their Dreams
The Whiteman told of another country beyond the sea where a powerful woman sat on a throne while men and women danced un — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, A Grain of Wheat