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“I happen to know at least a hundred Sudanese refugees in the United States, all of whom were taken in by white families and white churches, and they all tell me''Naima, you were blessed to be raised by Black Americans.'”

Quote by Kola Boof

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Kola Boof is a renowned author, born on March 3, 1969. Her works span various genres, including autobiography, novels, and poetry. Boof is known for her unique writing style and her focus on women's experiences. more

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“Because I was in psychiatric treatment for most of my childhood and had to learn English and had to adjust to a white-dominated society, I truly know what being Sudanese refugees [adopting by white family] mean. It's not something that you can explain in the confines of an interview, but there is an immediate comfort, a connection between black phenotypes that is natural.”

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“Even though I couldn't speak English, there were many times that my black-American parents could read my mind and I could read theirs.”

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“Race means family and all black people whether they like it or not, are family.”

People Mean Black Race Black People All Black

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“I warn black Americans'don't get too mixed. A little is fine, but not to the point where you're out of the family.”

Littles Black Fine

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“I don't see a huge difference between the African condition and the black American condition. The only real difference is that black Americans live in the richest country on Earth surrounded by a majority white population and are almost entirely disconnected from their original culture and their God-given identity.”

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“Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.”

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“I was adopted my black Americans, I feel that I'm a 'Hybrid'. When I'm around Africans'I suddenly feel very black American. And when I'm around black Americans'I feel very North African. North Africa and black America are both the creators of Kola Boof.”

Feels America Black Creator Adopted Hybrid Black America North Africa

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“As for developing a writing style'I would say that I tried to copy the pacing of the old movies I loved as a kid.”

Writing Kids Style Developing Copies Pacing Writing Style Old Movie

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“When I couldn't speak English, I loved silent films circa 1914-1929, Abel Gance being my favorite director.”

Film Speak Directors Silent My Favorite Speak English Abel Silent Films

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“I loved 1930's women's pictures'films by Josef Von Sternberg or William Wyler. So, I fashioned a style out of that. The integrity and ethos of what I would write, however, came from the films of Ousmane Sembene and from reading Richard Wright, Toni Morrison, Sylvia Plath and Alice Walker.”

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