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"It's us, not the gods, who created war. It's us, we human beings, who can kill it."

— Femi Osofisan Women of Owu (2006)

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No swimmer, however good, can swim beyond the rim of the world.

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"The gods are out to punish human beings who she claims ‘learn only from suffering and pain."

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"When you have lost a war, you have lost, and there's nothing you can do about it but accept the consequences."

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"My aim has always been to get to the national audience, not a narrow audience."

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