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Quotes from The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa — Stephen Buoro

born 1993 Nigeria

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Writing about Nigeria is writing about religion, for it is a country where almost everyone is religious or conditioned to be religious.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

The x of the equation is that there’s a blonde here in Kontagora, a platinum blonde if I’ll believe Isaiah.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

Every book I’ve read has influenced me in some way.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

Almost everything about me has been shaped (at varying degrees) by the West. Almost everything.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

I’m a Homo habilis”; “the pig and ape that I am”; “Is she not afraid I might stain her, my colour jump onto her like in those monster horror films?

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

..writes as clearly and sweetly as Hillary Clinton.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

Her handwriting, tbh, is like the prints of a hen digging for food, i.e. barely legible.

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White like chalk. So white, unlike Father McMahon, who our evil sun has turned to a red man.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

We had two selves, African and Western, in constant oscillation and collision with each other.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

...whites are so rich that they can wipe their anuses with money.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

Marilyn Monroe who has never had mosquitoes sing in her ears and suck her blood, leaving red swellings as they fly away. A Princess Diana who has never woken up at midnight with hunger. A Taylor Swift who has never experienced a blackout.

The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa (2023)

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