“I did point out that I have no prophetic gifts. I write books because I tried to do something more useful and failed. Since I've been trained to write, I do that as a defense against total despair. And seeing people like you, who are actively engaged in trying to salvage pieces of our wrecked lives, gives me hope that after all we are not alone.” PeopleGivingWritingTryingBookPiecesSeeingLike YouDespairGive MeDefenseEngagedNot AlonePropheticSalvage Author:Ayi Kwei Armah
“Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither skill nor desire to turn the agony of a people into entertainment.” PeopleMayDesireTurnsWishJusticeReaderSkillsConnectionsInjusticeEntertainmentDisgustingAgony Author:Ayi Kwei Armah
“True, I used to see a lot of hope. I saw men tear down the veils behind which the truth had been hidden. But then the same men, when they have power in their hands at last, began to find the veils useful. They made many more. Life has not changed. Only some people have been growing, becoming different, that is all. After a youth spent fighting the white man, why should not the president discover as he grows older that his real desire has been to be like the white governor himself, to live above all the blackness in the big old slave castle?” PeopleMenShouldHas BeensMadeDifferentRealHandsBigsLastsUsedDesireFightingGrowsPresidentWhiteBehindsSawsGrowingChangedYouthTearsBecomingSlaveCorruptionGovernorsWhite ManVeilsCastlesBlackness Author:Ayi Kwei Armah
