“When things fall apart, the children of the land scurry and scatter like birds escaping a burning sky. They flee their own wretched land so their hunger may be pacified in foreign lands, their tears wiped away in strange lands, the wounds of their despair bandaged in faraway lands, their blistered prayers muttered in the darkness of queer lands.”
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NoViolet Bulawayo, born on December 10, 1981, is a prominent author from Zimbabwe. Her works are set against the backdrop of Zimbabwe's social reality, profoundly addressing issues such as poverty, racial discrimination, and the plight of children. more
“We're hungry but we're together and we're at home and everything is sweeter than dessert.”
“If these walls could talk, the buildings would stutter, wouldn't remember their names.”
“Tell me, do you abandon your house because it's burning or do you find water to put out the fire?”