“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.”

“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.”

“How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.'Is that a Luo expression?' I asked. Sayid's face broke into a bashful smile. We have a similar expression in Luo,' he said, 'but actually I must admit that I read this particular expression in a book by Chinua Achebe. The Nigerian writer. I like his books very much. He speaks the truth about Africa's predicament. the Nigerian, the Kenya - it is the same. We share more than divides us.”