Jenaia Johnson

“Who has time to be reading abou the environment when there is money to be made?" Big Madam say with a laugh.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

“Anything they give me, I collect it, because I like to teach those childrens. I like the way their eyes be always so bright, their voices so sharp, when I say "A is for what?" and they say, "A is for apple, AH-AH-APPLE," even though nobody is every seeing any apple with our two naked eyes except for inside the tee-vee.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

“How is Morufu and Big Daddy different from each other? One can speak good English, and the other doesn't speak good English, but both of them have the same terrible sickness of the mind. A sickness with no cure.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice

“Write your truth, Ms. Tia say. Your truth.

I tear to pieces the paper, ad throw it to the floor. Then I swim deep inside the river of my soul, find the key from where it is sitting full of rust, at the bottom of the river, and open the lock. I kneel down beside my bed, close my eyes, turn myself into a cup, and pour the memory out of me.”
― Abi Daré, The Girl with the Louding Voice