"Science fiction is the only genre that enables……" — Nnedi Okorafor
"Science fiction is the only genre that enables African writers to envision a future from our African perspective."
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13 Quotes by Nnedi Okorafor
Nnedi Okorafor has 13 quotes on this site.
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People get inspired to write, paint, draw, sing, sculpt, dance in many different ways. And there are many types of…
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Use your powers for good instead of evil
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You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.
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All through the night, she battled herself. Or battled to know herself. She fell apart and then put herself back…
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I slammed the door in the child's face, a horrific scream trapped in my throat.
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Is it not the worst pain to know there is a cure for your child's illness and then not be…
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Though I knew I shouldn’t have cared, the words still hurt like pinches, and pinches can be very painful when…
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It's ok to care about what other people think, but you should give a little more weight to what you,…
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Silence is the best answer to a fool.
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Funny how all things people don’t understand seem to be ‘cursed’.
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Flawed, imperfect creatures! That's what we both are, oga! That's what we ALL are!
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We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue…
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