Stories Matter. Many Stories Matter.

Many Stories Matter. Stories Have Been Used To Dispossess And To Malign. But Stories Can Also Be Used To Empower, And To Humanize. Stories Can Break The Dignity Of A People. But Stories Can Also Repair That Broken Dignity.

I Am Interested In Challenging The Mainstream Ideas Of What Is Beautiful And What Is Acceptable.

There Has Always Been A Strange Dissonance Between The Public And The Private In Nigeria.

I Would Come, Many Years Later, To Understand Why To Kill A Mockingbird Is Considered An Important Novel, But When I First Read It At 11, I Was Simply Absorbed By The Way It Evoked The Mysteries Of Childhood, Of Treasures Discovered In Trees, And Games Played With An Exotic Summer Friend.

There Are People Who Dislike You Because You Do Not Dislike Yourself.