I Like The U.s. And Feel Gratitude

I Have My Father's Lopsided Mouth. When I Smile, My Lips Slope To One Side. My Doctor Sister Calls It My Cerebral Palsy Mouth. I Am Very Much A Daddy's Girl, And Even Though I Would Rather My Smile Wasn't Crooked, There Is Something Moving For Me About Having A Mouth Exactly Like My Father's.

You Deserve To Take Up Space.

Yes, There's A Problem With Gender As It Is Today, And We Must Fix It, We Must Do Better.

Americans Think African Writers Will Write About The Exotic, About Wildlife, Poverty, Maybe Aids. They Come To Africa And African Books With Certain Expectations.

To Choose To Write Is To Reject Silence.