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The Book of Phoenix

Book by Nnedi Okorafor · 7 quotes · Americans, Africa, African Americans

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“He smiled. “Go and stretch your wings.” I don’t know why, but his words made me want to cry. I saw no cybernetic limbs, mutations, alterations, additions, or subtractions on Lurrenz. He was just a man. He was like the people I met on my way to Ghana. He accepted what I was as if it were normal. He gazed at me but didn’t stare. His world was big and there was room for me. Saeed took my hand as I slowly got out and came around to the driver’s window. “Thank you,” I said to Lurrenz. He took my free hand. “Jah will protect you.” Then he kissed my hand and let us go. I felt like I’d been blessed.”

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“Even from where I stood I could tell that they were American. Their body language. The way they wore their clothes. The rhythm of their loud voices stabbing at the morning's peace. Their confidence. That aura of entitlement. Kofi would later tell me that this entitlement swagger was something white men from every part of the world had when in rural Africa, but that is beside the point.”

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