He followed all the relevant immigration laws to the letter.

What Nigeria did to Taylor is what Zimbabwe should do to Mengistu.

It is an unfortunate and surprising incident. We were surprised to be told to go back when we had not violated any immigration laws. We did not jump the border.

It's true he is looking for political asylum in South Africa.

I guess the thing I would say most fervently is that your original impulse to write something is an impulse you should trust, and that if it doesn't work on the first draft, which it hardly ever does, the commitment to revising ought to be something you embrace really early. And to revise and revise and revise.

While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.