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Obiwu Quotes

born 1962 Nigeria

Obiwu (born Obioma Paul Iwuanyanwu; 1962) is a Nigerian-American writer, poet, literary scholar, and professor. He is a survivor of the Igbo genocide in Nigeria (1966–1970) and teaches World Literature and Critical Theory in the Humanities Department at Central State University, Ohio, United States.

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Poetry is sometimes the only glimmer of hope in the darkest corners and most difficult conditions of life.

The art of nation building, the next most important task of humanity, is the art of conversation.

The life of an exile is always very complicated. I wrote of where my heart was, even though my body was here.

Personally, my wish is for whites and blacks to know that the feeling one gets from love is the same for a white or a black person.

As it has often been said, we laugh in order not to cry.

When writing my song, I like to make it as personal as possible.

I spent many years taking stock of my new country, my new surroundings, and re-evaluating the first thirty-five years of my life which suddenly lay in ruins in Africa.

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