The Genius Is Making A Way Out

Learning To Sing One's Own Songs, To Trust The Particular Cadences Of Own's Voices, Is Also The Goal Of Any Writer.

If America Has A Civic Religion, The First Amendment Is Its Central Article Of Faith.

The Sad Truth Is That Without Complex Business Partnerships Between African Elites And European Traders And Commercial Agents, The Slave Trade To The New World Would Have Been Impossible, At Least On The Scale It Occurred.

My Family And Our Neighbors And Friends Thought Of Africa And Its Africans As Extensions Of The Stereotyped Characters That We Saw In Movies And On Television In Films Such As 'tarzan' And In Programs Such As 'ramar Of The Jungle' And 'sheena, Queen Of The Jungle.'

What's Fascinated Me From The Time I Was A Little Kid Was The Way We Construct Our Lives Through Stories.