The fact of storytelling hints at a fundamental human unease, hints at human imperfection. Where there is perfection there is no story to tell.
タグ: human, tell, story, imperfection, perfection

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I became a sceptic of one way of seeing the world. And I think it is what started me in my awareness that any worldview is superstitious.
タグ: way, think, world, me
The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like.
タグ: together, past, future, you
It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that.
タグ: writing, important, you, me
Some of my reactions are very Nigerian. I still believe that words are things.
タグ: some, things, words, believe
You cannot come to a Nigerian restaurant without having pepper soup.
タグ: soup, cannot, restaurant, you
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