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Chijioke Amu-Nnadi Quotes

born 1962

Chijioke Amu-Nnadi (born 1962) is a Nigerian poet, journalist and communications professional.

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"What we write is a spiritual rendering of life; its origins and ending."

"Art transcends the categories of geography, time and gender."

"Poetry bears the spirit of the eternal."

"Art comes to us because we are, essentially, fragile people."

"We have no authority – just authorship, I believe – over what we write."

"I don't like to define myself as a Nigerian or African poet, because there is nothing that diminishes art more than confining it to a single place, country or historical period."

"An insult and a challenge. Those were my own moment of (rude) awakening. They drew me to poetry."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chijioke Amu-Nnadi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.