Stewart's Quotable African WomenPenguin Books, 2005 - 232 páginas A collection of quotes that is an entry into different worlds and perspectives, from women of Africa from all walks of life. Their thoughts cover wide-ranging subjects and represent varying opinions, but as you read this book, it begins to sound as if there is one voice growing louder and louder. |
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... things do not happen . Until we acknowledge things to be the way they are , we cannot own them , and we cannot control them . Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Nigerian novelist , quoted in ' In the Footsteps of Chinua Achebe : Enter ...
... things do not happen . Until we acknowledge things to be the way they are , we cannot own them , and we cannot control them . Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Nigerian novelist , quoted in ' In the Footsteps of Chinua Achebe : Enter ...
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... things ' in Fon . The lines on our hands – can we change them ? No. We are born with them , and that's the way it is . There are certain things in this lifetime of ours that we just have to accept , and we shouldn't be judgmental ...
... things ' in Fon . The lines on our hands – can we change them ? No. We are born with them , and that's the way it is . There are certain things in this lifetime of ours that we just have to accept , and we shouldn't be judgmental ...
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... thing in my mind began to assert itself , to question things and refuse to be brainwashed , bringing me to this time when I can set down this story . It was a long and painful process for me , that process of expansion . It was a ...
... thing in my mind began to assert itself , to question things and refuse to be brainwashed , bringing me to this time when I can set down this story . It was a long and painful process for me , that process of expansion . It was a ...
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