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Not all of us have that luxury, of a past. My history doesn't offer me much in that respect.

— Helon Habila Travelers (2019)

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"Like most people I am simply exhausted by politics."

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"The African novel is a hybrid form. It is a combination of the African folkloric tradition with the western novel form."

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"It is not about prizes, it is about the work."

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"I don't see myself as a spokesperson for Africa. I am simply a writer trying to write about people and about themes that interest me."

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"Writing is a very lonely business, so a prize sort of shows one that one is not working in a vacuum."

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