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Neshani Andreas Quotes

1964–2011 Namibia

Neshani Andreas (1964 – May 2011) was a Namibian writer, who had also worked as a teacher and for the American Peace Corps. She is best known for her novel The Purple Violet of Oshaantu, which made her the first Namibian to be included in Heinemann's African Writers Series.

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I did not want to be insensitive to my culture, I did not want to be insulting, but I wanted to be as honest and realistic as possible.

I could never stop writing. It is with me every day, I never forget it. I edit in my mind whatever I hear or read. I pick up what people say, how they say it.

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