“I want to pour libation and summon the gods, undo what has been done, utter sacred words to quell the fires, reduce to cinders promises made. I want an assembly of diviners and sorcerers to chase away the evil spirits, to recapture the present once more. I therefore call upon each and every one of you, djinns with hideous faces, juju-makers with terrifying powers. Come from all directions. I want to make peace, escape through my pores, flee through my mouth and return to the earth. I need the spell that will erase memories.” MemoryForgetting Book:As the Crow Flies Source: As the Crow Flies
“The stars, the oceans, planets, and animals are the building blocks of our bodies. The universe doesn't exist outside of us. It's in us. We are the universe. But of all this immeasurable beauty, this unfathomable mystery, what do we have left?” BeautifulSpiritualPoetic Author:Véronique Tadjo
“Here there are no griots, only poets. You think that you are leading an extraordinary life and that people see you as you would like them to. You adorn yourself with your writing. It becomes your identity, your bread and butter, and your reason for living. You begin to believe in what people say. You become locked up in your creation, become submerged in words, and sentences suffocate you in the solitude of your retreat. They make you forget the blood and the dust.” WritingSolitude Book:As the Crow Flies Source: As the Crow Flies
“In the play, I represent the people. My hands are stretched in the form of a cross. Symbolically. The hero is fighting for me. Fighting against the monarch.” Class Warfare Book:As the Crow Flies Source: As the Crow Flies