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The Sudanese government has been playing games with the world, with the Africa Union, in particular, have been playing for time in order to conclude its mission of ethnic cleansing in the Sudan. ”

I've done a lot of guerrilla theater in my time. ”

I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, 'Now I'm a writer.' I've always been a writer. ”

I like to say, 'I spend one-third of my time in Nigeria, one-third in Europe or America, and one-third on a plane.' ”

I ceased using words like optimism and pessimism a long time ago. ”

I cannot belong to a nation which permits such barbarities as stoning to death and amputation - I don't care what religion it is. ”

The phenomenon of creativity, we know, is closely related to the ability to yoke together separate, and even seemingly incompatible, matrices. ”

I consider the process of gestation just as important as when you're actually sitting down putting words to the paper. ”

Looking at faces of people, one gets the feeling there's a lot of work to be done. ”

I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine. ”