Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
I've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
Once in a while I catch myself wondering whether I would have found the courage to write if I had not started to write… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
O yes, everyone gets lonely some time or other. After all, if we look closer into ourselves, shall we not admit that the warmth… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
Love is fine for singing about and love songs are good to listen to, sometimes even to dance to. But when we need food… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics. — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
