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Kike picks up her basket, sets it on her head, leaves it to balance by itself. The girls in our village learn how to do this from when they are first growing two teeth. They know how to use every part of their body to work so that their hand can be free to do even more work.

— Abi Daré And So I Roar (2024)

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You must do good for other peoples, even if you are not well, even if the whole world around you is not well.

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“In our land, a sad wife is better than a happy woman with no husband.”

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Not his-story. My own will be called her-story.

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Write your truth, Ms. Tia say. Your truth.

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