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I am proud of the hair with which I was born and as no white woman wishes to do her hair like mine, because she is proud of the hair with which she was born.

— Okot p'Bitek Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1966)

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Perhaps she has aborted many children, or maybe she has even thrown her twins into the pit latrine!

Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1966)

In the wisdom of the Acoli, time is not stupidly split up into seconds and minutes. It does not flow like beer in a pot that is sucked until it is finished.

Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1966)

I really hate the charcoal stove! Your hand is always charcoal-dirty and anything you touch is blackened; and your finger nails resemble those of a poison woman.

Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1966)

Each man, though not necessarily with his wife, dances inside a dark house. They shamelessly hold each other tightly, so tightly that it feels as if they can barely breathe.

Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1966)

I am terribly afraid of the electric stove, I do not like using it because you stand up when you cook.

Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1966)

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