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“Don’t think I can’t see the challenges ahead of me. People will say I am a secondhand woman. Men will hurt and ridicule me but I won’t let them hold me back. I will remain in the land of the living. I am back now and the world is spread before me like an egg cracked open.”

Inspirational Attitude

Book:The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Source: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

“They say the elder who soils the floor with shit immediately forgets, but the stench remains in the memory of the person who has to pack it. Some people are born to shit, and some, like Bolanle and me, are born to pack.”

Humor Reality Of Life

Book:The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Source: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

“A child who will play in the dark must first learn how to close its eyes.”

African Proverb Yoruba Proverb

Book:The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Source: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives