"It seems that every new writer with any remote connection to the continent of Africa, either willingly or unwillingly…"

"who is to judge what makes a "real African"? It is almost impossible to apply a single identity to an entire racial o…"

"She does not want to remember but she is here and memory is gathering bones."

"Here is the truth he wants to ignore: that what is forged into memory tucks itself into bone and muscle. It will alwa…"

"What he knows is this: there is no past, there is no "what happened", there is only the moment that unfolds into the …"

"The routine dulls the terror."

"We all know that war destroys mankind, and in spite of their differences in race, creed, and religion, women all acro…"

"Make living your act of defiance. Record it all."

"Who remembers what to do? she asks. Who remembers what it means to be more than what this world believes of us?"

"Maybe we have to allow our discomfort as another consequence of the violence depicted. Our shared confusion and disgu…"