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Unlike in Europe, for instance, the documents you need are often not there. You have to travel, go to the villages, consult with elders, dig into the archives of memory, and so on, to present credible characters and credible locations.

— Femi Osofisan Women of Owu (2006)

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"It's us, not the gods, who created war. It's us, we human beings, who can kill it."

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No swimmer, however good, can swim beyond the rim of the world.

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"The gods are out to punish human beings who she claims ‘learn only from suffering and pain."

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Anger and desire are twin sisters in this drama we call love, two kernels in the same nut!

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"When you have lost a war, you have lost, and there's nothing you can do about it but accept the consequences."

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