"I didn’t just want to document: I wanted to fully understand what I was documenting. I wanted to be very aware of how…"

"The first thing I would say is to understand there is a history of activism, of the arts, and literature and to keep …"

"You can’t change anything if you don’t have imagination... Don’t let the oppressor dictate the narrative. I think we …"

"Caught between Western imperialism, African patriarchy and religious fascism, the continent’s gay community needs a s…"

"I want to resist the “African homosexual” as an empirical figure waiting to be discovered or, through NGO and interna…"

"One hundred years hence, what a change will be made, In politics, morals, religion and trade, In statesmen who wrangl…"

"Our laws then will be uncompulsory rules, Our prisons converted to national schools."

"Oppression and war will be heard of no more, Nor the blood of a slave leave his print on our shore, Conventions will …"

"Her death was the loss of a dedicated anti-racist, a valued sister, and a friend we loved...Andaiye's anthology, publ…"

"...this volume will occupy a vaunted place alongside the writings of C. L. R. James, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, Sylv…"