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I don't believe in the art-for-art's-sake philosophy. With the raw material before me and the gifts within me, I did my best to celebrate the voices and intelligence and sweetness and dreams of the children in spite of their chaotic, outer worlds ...
Uwem Akpan Quotes: I don't believe in the
I always felt my writing could benefit from the attention of established writers. I knew my work could grow and be better.
Uwem Akpan Quotes: I always felt my writing
Listen, dis foreign TV channels dey spoil de image of our country. Dese white stations dey make billions of dollars to sell your war and blood to de world ... We no bad like dis. OK, why dem no dey show corpses of deir white people during crisis for TV? Abi, people no dey kill for America or Europe?"
"You dey speak grammar!" someone shouted. "Wetin concern us wid America and Europe? Abeg, give us cable TV."
"Remove dis toilet pictures!" said another.
"So our barracks be toilet now?" the police answered. "What an insult!"
"You na mad mad police," Monica said.
"Ok, cable TV no be for free anymore!" the police said.
"But it's our pictures we are watching on cable TV," Madam Aniema said. "Why should we pay you to see ourselves and our people?"
The police answered, "Because government dey complain say cable TV dey misrepresent dis religious crisis.
Uwem Akpan Quotes: Listen, dis foreign TV channels
I'm happy if my book makes you want to kiss your family ... if we can reconcile with each other no matter where we are on the globe.
Uwem Akpan Quotes: I'm happy if my book
I think fiction allows us to sit for a while with people we would rather not meet.
Uwem Akpan Quotes: I think fiction allows us
Maybe if we can find time to hug and cherish our families and the people around us, child suicide or college suicide wouldn't be rampant.
Uwem Akpan Quotes: Maybe if we can find
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