“She finished cleaning him off and then held her baby boy up high to behold this new wonder in his full glory. The brilliant glimmers dancing upon the restive sea as his halo and the winged legions to announce and to extol his arrival and the eternal tide rhythmically whispering of deeds long foreseen. The light and the song and the abiding heart. Creation in its purest form. It was to this divine ensemble that Isa lifted her voice to give name to the precious enigma that she knew would elevate the harmony of all things to realms transcendent.” BirthTranscendenceBeginningSpeculative Historical FictionBeginningsSpeculative FictionBirth QuotesGenre BendingAfrican FictionCross Genre Book:The Subtle Cause Source: The Subtle Cause
“The time for building bridges is over. For the few that are willing to swim across to our side, we will welcome them with open arms. We’ll even dispatch life rafts. But we have entered a new phase where we should be prioritizing direct action.” Global SouthPostcolonialismSocial Justice QuotesPost ColonialismNeocolonialismAfrican FictionPostcolonial LiteratureNeo ColonialismAfrica JusticeAfrican Justice Book:The Subtle Cause Source: The Subtle Cause
“But wouldn’t it be more effective in the end to appeal to the moral consciousness of the citizens of the wealthy and powerful nations of the world, rather than antagonize them?” “Sure, and I suppose the fly, in navigating the web so thoughtfully spun for it, should always take care to appeal to the spider’s moral sensibilities whenever it comes skittering around.” Global SouthPostcolonialismSocial Justice QuotesPost ColonialismNeocolonialismAfrican FictionPostcolonial LiteratureNeo ColonialismAfrica JusticeAfrican Justice Book:The Subtle Cause Source: The Subtle Cause