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“...and the women spread their ntsaroz and sit on one side, the men on the other, like they are two different rivers that are not supposed to meet.”

— NoViolet Bulawayo We Need New Names (2013)

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“We're hungry but we're together and we're at home and everything is sweeter than dessert.”

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“There are times, though, that no matter how much food I eat, I find the food does nothing for me, like I am hungry for my country and nothing is going to fix that.”

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“If Messenger would be to open his mouth right now, his voice would be a terrible wound.”

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“When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky.”

“Further and further we go, and the sun keeps ironing us and ironing us and ironing us.”

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