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Hawa Jande Golakai Quotes

born 1979 Liberia

Hawa Jande Golakai (born June 1, 1979) is a Liberian writer and clinical scientist. In 2014, she was chosen as one of 39 of Sub-Saharan Africa's most promising writers under the age of 40, showcased in the Africa39 project and included in the anthology Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara (edited by Ellah Allfrey).

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I can do something positive that can prompt people to say: ‘Oh, so this is a Liberian author

I’m trying to showcase that when people write from anywhere in the world they’re telling stories that they can relate to

Mysticism is a theme that is wedded to African culture, that people see things and perceive things in different ways

It never occurred to me in my mind as an African I could actually get published and be on the shelves like those people

A lot of people want to categorise you when you’re writing crime fiction [as an African] – ‘Which part of Africa are you writing about

In all the books that Cassava is promoting, they can see that this is not ‘Africa

Science can be challenging but literature and art, that’s like home to me. I used to live in bookstores

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hawa Jande Golakai (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.