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The book gave me an opportunity to bring together law, literature, migration and questions of identity in a way that I had wanted to do for a long time.

— Fareda Banda

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I will try to ensure that any future book is open access so free to download.

It is important that African scholars tell African stories from their own perspectives.

I could not complain about our voices not being heard if I was not prepared to put in the work.

I was also curious about whether literature could reach places or invoke emotions such as empathy, that law and policy did not seem to be doing.

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

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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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