We want what you no longer want.
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from and I've often wondered if writing is just a socially acceptable form of madness.
So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.
What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that mean most to them. Perhaps what most typifies the Afropolitan consciousness is the refusal to oversimplify; the effort to understand what is ailing in Africa alongside the desire to honour what is wonderful, unique. Rather than essentialising the geographical entity, we seek to comprehend the cultural complexity; to honour the intellectual and spiritual legacy; and to sustain our parents’ cultures.
The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic.
Hannah leaned against the wall. "Mind if I call shotgun?" Since you're carrying one? Feel free.
Today's widespread relegation of religion to merely something people do only in the privacy of their homes or churches would have been unimaginable to the founders of the republic - even those who personally repudiated orthodox Christian faith.
We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough game today.