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They themselves mocked Africa, trading stories of absurdity, of stupidity, and they felt safe to mock, because it was a mockery born of longing, and of the heartbroken desire to see a place made whole again.

They themselves mocked Africa, trading stories of absurdity, of stupidity, and they felt safe to mock, because it was a mockery born of longing, and of the heartbroken desire to see a place made whole again.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Heartbroken, Stupidity, Desire
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013). “Americanah”, p.153, Anchor

...there was cement in her soul. It had been there for a while, an early morning disease of fatigue, shapeless desires, brief imaginary glints of other lives she could be living, that over the months melded into a piercing homesickness.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Morning, Soul, Desire
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013). “Americanah”, p.12, Anchor

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