Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

Okonwko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements.