Talk:Ama Ata Aidoo

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• Sometimes a word or an argument will trigger a poem.

• "Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly." [1]

• "For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism, It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian."

• "Humans, not places, make memories."

• My lady Silk, remember that a man always gains in stature any way he chooses to associate with a woman including adultery, but in her association with a man, a woman is always in danger of being diminished.” [2]

• Work is love made visible.

• "I've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places."

• Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.