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In a society like ours with so many adults literally having had no formal education, adult education should be dynamic so that it helps fill some of these gaps.

— Ama Ata Aidoo Our Sister Killjoy (1977)

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Feminism is not an ‘ism’ that belongs to women only, but a way of looking at the world.

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But what she also came to know was that someone somewhere would always see in any kind of difference, an excuse to be mean.

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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

No Sweetness Here: A Collection of Short Stories (1970)

In so many places in the world, there is an assumption that African women are the most oppressed. It is not true, we are not! At least not all.

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There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

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