''I always say I'm the kind of feminist who likes lip gloss''.

 

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I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.
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You know the story that we sell to young girls where the prince gets on his knee and whips out a ring, and then you start crying in gratitude? I think it's ridiculous.

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I don't think that if one really wants to understand Africa, that one then does that by seeing a film with Leonardo DiCaprio in Sierra Leone.


I just love these quotes and the 2nd one really cracked me up...so true....lol

Can you guess who said the above quotes? She's a Nigerian writer and loves being ''natural'' *wink