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At first I didn’t understand, because here, we hear always that African people are hard workers and love work because God made them specially for the hard work of the world…
Beyond the Horizon (1991)
I have decided to stop thinking about ever going home. I just don’t belong there any longer.
Beyond the Horizon (1991)
"...the nurturing of another prospective soul into the devouring jaws of the street, a life brought forth for the sake of bringing forth"
Faceless (2003)
Girls are pressurized to prove their womanhood whether they can adequately care for a child or not. You know the popular saying, don't you? 'You give birth. God will take care of the child' ".
Faceless (2003)
After all, I was also party to it all even if involuntarily. And I guess that my punishment for it is that I am stuck with Oves for the rest of my life. I have decided to stop thinking about ever going home. I just don’t belong there any longer.
Beyond the Horizon (1991)
You were green then, Mara. Totally green. And I was also in love with Osey then. And I did what Osey ordered me to do. I was his property then, Mara. I love him. Mara. I really did.
Beyond the Horizon (1991)
Your life is your road, Mara. God puts you at the start of this road and propels you to walk on, and only He knows where your road will end, but it is the road He choose for you and you must walk it with gratefulness because it’s the best for you.
Beyond the Horizon (1991)
Why couldn’t I take control of my own life, since after all, I was virtually husbandless and, what did my husband care about a woman’s virtue? If I was sleeping with men and charging them for it, it was me giving myself to them. The body being used and misused belonged to me.
Beyond the Horizon (1991)