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Abubakar Gimba Quotes

1952–2015 Nigeria

Abubakar Gimba (10 March 1952 – 25 February 2015) was a Nigerian author, economist, and administrator. He was known for his novels including Witnesses to Tears, Sunset for a Mandarin, Sacred Apples, and Footprints.

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The writer must hold the mirror to the larger society to take a more sobering look at itself.

My business as a writer is to try in my little ways to remove the moles in the eyes of Nigerians so that they can see the so many possibilities that would make our nation grow.

I set out to be a novelist with a cause. With a mission. Mine was a literary adventure in advocacy. To get the society in which I live to be a better place for our generation.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Abubakar Gimba (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.