“Stop worrying about life, no one survived it.”
“Right now in this world, a child is dying from an ailment because its family cannot afford to buy charcoal for boiling water. Right now in this world, a girl is striving to find firewood from trees that no more exist, and water from sources that are poisonous. Right now in this world, a boy is out fishing in a lake rich with inedible species. Right now in this world, a mother is drowning in heavy rainfall, to save her belongings. Right now in this world, a man has lost his dignity because all his eff orts to save have been wiped away to poverty by unforeseen calamities. Right now in this world, a family is starving because drought has invaded their once fertile land. Right now in this world, a nation is planning for refugee status due to adverse climate conditions. Right now in this world, you have a choice to help alleviate environmental problems caused by humankind.”
“A morte existe não como contrário da vida mas como parte dela”
“The main thing I worship is Nature !”
“To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.”
“A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.”
“Then I learnt of “white Christmas”, which again I found very peculiar since we always have a white Christmas at home for it never passes by without eating rice. That is our white Christmas.”
“Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes upon the swaying mounds of my fellow African sisters.”
“What are the lessons intended in the stories we tell to our children today?”
“She refuses to support the slogan - Men are equal to women - if this translates to her femininity being faded out or confused by trying to please a selfish idea of anyone wanting a woman to be both herself and a man.”
“To be a woman is not a weakness.”
“She is a woman, how can you confuse her for a man?”
“What might be considered loyalty in one society might not necessarily be the same for another.”
“One should use well a mouth for someone will remember your words and the manner they were spoken. One should pose well in a body for someone will remember your image and how you carried it. One should serve well for someone will recall the kindness and spread it among humanity.”
“I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.”
“Life at home is at a pace which allows you to appreciate what it has to offer. Simultaneously you get a chance to reflect on what you wish from it. Our development also goes at the same pace, which is not something that everyone appreciates.”
“If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?”