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"It is a marvel to me, that I can sit, in the calm of a southern Ontario summer morning, watching yellow birds on yellow flowers, and at the same time experience a Nairobi slum. This is the endless power of fiction…to transport and show us this messy world in all its pain and beauty. I am years away from when Uwen Akpan put pen to paper, but I am right there in that slum, and my heart is better for it." — Aug 27, 2025 04:22AM
"It is a marvel to me, that I can sit, in the calm of a southern Ontario summer morning, watching yellow birds on yellow flowers, and at the same time experience a Nairobi slum. This is the endless power of fiction…to transport and show us this messy world in all its pain and beauty. I am years away from when Uwen Akpan put pen to paper, but I am right there in that slum, and my heart is better for it." — Aug 27, 2025 04:22AM
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