“Why the Kikuyu, who personally have so little fear of death, should be so terrified to touch a corpse, while the white people, who are afraid to die, handle the dead easily, I do not know. Here once more you feel their reality to be different from our realities.”
This book is a personal narrative of the author's life in Africa, covering her time spent in the region during the early 20th century. The author shares her observations and reflections on the people, landscapes, and culture of Africa during that period. more
“There is no middle class in Africa.There is poverty masked with graduation gowns and debts”
“Anytime you need me, just call. I'll stop everything for you. Any fucking thing on this earth.”
“Pleasure and pain. That was my Melody. She was my poison so toxic, when sampled, yet, so sweet...”
“Sorry. I would be bad for you.”