"Africa is people. Africa is a continent of people."

"Storytellers are a threat. They are subversive. They are dangerous. What we call information is not knowledge."

"The writer's duty is to help society regain its self-belief and put away the complexes of the years of denigration and self-abasement."

"The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty tree."

"Charity begins at home, but does not end there."