"How does the saying go? When two locusts……" — Barack Obama

"How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.' Is that a Luo expression?' I asked. Sayid's face broke into a bashful smile. We have a similar expression in Luo,' he said, 'but actually I must admit that I read this particular expression in a book by Chinua Achebe. The Nigerian writer. I like his books very much. He speaks the truth about Africa's predicament. the Nigerian, the Kenya - it is the same. We share more than divides us."

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Because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye … I realized that people like me, girls with skin the… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and… — Mos Def
My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All… — Chris Abani

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