"Don’t fall into the trap of feeling sorry for yourself because you haven’t yet got to the stage where you can [pursue…"

"Look at a day job as a type of fellowship that pays you to research a certain sector or society"

"I think writers have a responsibility to hold a mirror up to society. The beauty of writing is the reflection can, an…"

"I wanted to expose the superiority complex people in the West have concerning Africa."

"I wanted to make the connection that just because a person is born outside the continent, he/she is not "other""

"I wanted to make the point that God works things for good--even when events in life seem random and ridiculous"

"I am motivated to write because it's important to me not to be defined by someone else. If we leave the Storytelling …"

"I hope to add my voice to the African authors before me, beside me, and behind me committed to creating balanced, eng…"

"I learned to trust my vision and advocate for it. I had experienced so much rejection that when I heard a “yes” I tho…"

"Keep going. If you keep writing, you’ll outpace the rejection. Storytelling is as old as humanity—every known civiliz…"