Called Countries Quotes

“Others with names like myths, names like puzzles, names we had never heard before: Virgilio, Balamugunthan, Faheem, Abdulrahman, Aziz, Baako, Dae-Hyun, Ousmane, Kimatsu. When it was hard to say the many strange names, we called them by their countries. So…

— NoViolet Bulawayo

“what if you split the world into pieces and called them countries declared ownership on what never belonged to you and left the rest with nothing”

— Rupi Kaur