“The world is mystical, mysterious, powerful, brutal and awesome... it has a surreal logic, and moves in patterns, some of which can be unearthed and illuminated - on condition that I am listening - with my spirit, heart, eyes and guts on a single axis.” WorldHeartEyeMovingSpiritPowerfulConditionsListeningLogicPatternsMysteriousGutsBrutalMysticalSurrealAxes Author:Nina Menkes
“Listening to the type of music I grew up with, like King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti and experiencing different things and conditions and hardship, as well as the good times in Nigeria, has definitely carved me into who I am.” WellsDifferentConditionsListeningGrewTypeKingsGrew UpWho I AmGood TimesDifferent ThingsHardshipSunnyNigeria Author:Nneka
“My horizon on humanity is enlarged by reading the writers of poems, seeing a painting, listening to some music, some opera, which has nothing at all to do with a volatile human condition or struggle or whatever. It enriches me as a human being.” HumansHumanityReadingHuman BeingsStruggleSeeingConditionsPaintingListeningHorizonOperaHuman ConditionBlack History Author:Wole Soyinka