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Girls are pressurized to prove their womanhood whether they can adequately care for a child or not. You know the popular saying, don't you? 'You give birth. God will take care of the child' ".

— Amma Darko Faceless (2003)

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At first I didn’t understand, because here, we hear always that African people are hard workers and love work because God made them specially for the hard work of the world…

Beyond the Horizon (1991)

I have decided to stop thinking about ever going home. I just don’t belong there any longer.

Beyond the Horizon (1991)

"...the nurturing of another prospective soul into the devouring jaws of the street, a life brought forth for the sake of bringing forth"

Faceless (2003)

After all, I was also party to it all even if involuntarily. And I guess that my punishment for it is that I am stuck with Oves for the rest of my life. I have decided to stop thinking about ever going home. I just don’t belong there any longer.

Beyond the Horizon (1991)

You were green then, Mara. Totally green. And I was also in love with Osey then. And I did what Osey ordered me to do. I was his property then, Mara. I love him. Mara. I really did.

Beyond the Horizon (1991)

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