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“Life is like a set of false teeth. The world sees what you show it: Clean teeth wey white like Colgate. But you know for inside dat your real teet' don rot finish!”
― On Black Sisters Street
― On Black Sisters Street
“My lady Silk, remember that a man always gains in stature any way he chooses to associate with a woman - including adultery...but in her association with a man, a woman is always in danger of being diminished.”
― Changes: A Love Story
― Changes: A Love Story
“little black boy on the bus with his toy dinosaur, his eyes wide & endless
his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there”
― Don't Call Us Dead
his dreams possible, pulsing, & right there”
― Don't Call Us Dead
“It is not the thing that we fear the most that crushes us but that which we have failed to fear.”
― Night Dancer
― Night Dancer
“Determination makes one impervious to pain.”
― Night Dancer
― Night Dancer
The Ìtàn Kíkà Group
— 9 members
— last activity Sep 22, 2023 04:16PM
Ìtàn Kíkà in Yoruba means story reading or fiction reading. Through the Ìtàn Kíkà group the aim is to encourage reading of accomplished African fictio ...more
60 Africa Books Reading Challenge
— 48 members
— last activity Apr 09, 2025 02:08AM
This group is reading 60 books set in Africa, one from each country and filling in the rest with reads encompassing the ethos of Africa. Our main focu ...more
Yvana’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Yvana’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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