"I don’t profess to be any one religion, I think all religions are flawed because people are flawed. But we have the potential and capacity to be bigger than our flaws."
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Poets from the United StatesMemoirists from the United StatesWomen activists from NigeriaMental health activistsWomen authors from Nigeria
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Her reply when asked if religion or spirituality play any part in her compositions or performances (10 September 2015)
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