"The image Miisi had constructed in Britain of the noble African rooted in his cultural values shunning westernization…"

"But on the ground, history looks nothing like this clash of nations and empires and states, however true and valid su…"

"History is a fabric of memories and fear and forgetting, of longing and nostalgia, of invention and re-creation. Hist…"

"In the media, an avalanche of negative images of an Africa quickly sinking into anarchy so soon after independence ov…"

"It means he’s read a lot of books.’ ‘Listen to that, a doctor of books! What use is that to this village?"

"The mind was a curse: its ability to go back in time to regret and hop into the future to hope and worry was not a bl…"

"My view is that they came on earth, did their thing and now they have bowed out. Who is to say that things are not ri…"

"Kintu felt for Gitta. He knew the snare of being a man. Society heaped such expectations on manhood that in a bid to …"

"Prayers should be said in common, master and man mistress and maid, rich and poor together, for all are equal before …"

"For the purpose of effecting Israel's redemption God did not disdain to appear in a place where there were images of …"