There was a helplessness to his joy, the same kind of helplessness as in that woman’s despair.
There are people, she once wrote, who think that we cannot rule ourselves because the few times we tried, we failed, as if all the others who rule themselves today got it right the first time. It is l...
So instead of teaching Chizalum to be likeable, teach her to be honest. And kind.
If we ran Nigeria like this cell, he said, we would have no problems in this country. Things are so organized. Our cell has a Chief called General Abacha and he has a second in command. Once you come...
If we do something over and over, it becomes normal. If we see the same thing over and over it becomes normal.
I am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of bringing about positive change. But I am also hopeful, because I believe deeply in the ability of human beings to remake themselves for...
How was it possible to miss something you no longer wanted?
He thought the police would have to do better; everyone knew the cult boys had more modern guns
Foreign behavior? What the fuck are you talking about? Foreign behavior? Have you read Things Fall Apart? Ifemulu asked, wishing she had not told Ranyinudo about Dike. She was angrier with Ranyinudo t...
Feminism and femininity are not mutually exclusive. It is misogynistic to suggest that they are. Sadly, women have learned to be ashamed and apologetic about pursuits that are seen as traditionally fe...
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A man who would be intimidated by me is exactly the kind of man I would have no interest in.
We do not just risk repeating history if we sweep it under the carpet, we also risk being myopic about our present.
كلما كتب قلّت أحلامه
Smiling a smile full of things restrained
These Americans cannot speak English
Teach her that the idea of 'gender roles' is absolute nonsense. Do not ever tell her that she should or should not do something because she is a girl. 'Because you are a girl' is never reason for anyt...
She imagines the cocoa brown of Nnedi's eyes lighting up, her lips moving quickly, explaining that riots do not happen in a vacuum, that religion and ethnicity are often politicized because the ruler...
She did not tell him this, because it would hurt him to know she had felt that way for a while, that her relationship with him was like being content in a house but always sitting by the window and lo...
She began to like him because he liked her.