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I even want to learn Spanish so I can access more literature, because can you imagine what else is out there that we are not accessing?

— Edwige-Renée Dro

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As Africans, we need to be questioning ourselves: What is our model of development? Is it having these big buildings and these beautiful wide roads?

As for African literature, I want people to cite names of women’s writers and for those names to roll off the tongue

There is talent however; I want to believe it. We just need to unearth it, and unearth is the operative word here

Everywhere we struggle! We are always hustling! We have day jobs and side job

People talk about how there is good internet penetration in Africa, but it’s only in the urban areas

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