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The West has been very central in defining African literature.

— Shadreck Chikoti

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I look at myself more as a writer than as someone who produces a particular genr

There is nothing more valuable to a writer than learning from others in the business, be them young or old (in their career I mean)

There is hope in upcoming writers, and I am one of them, I think

The power of art is in the imagination while the power of science is in making those dreams material

In every African country dreams have meaning and we give a lot of attention to dreams

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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