Once an interesting idea or theme occurs to me then I would want to write a poem about it. The rest, frankly, is not difficult.

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

Toyin Falola has given us what is truly rare in modern African writing: a seriously funny, racy, irreverent package of memories, and full of the most wonderful pieces of poetry and ordinary information. It is a matter of some interest, that the only other volume A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt reminds one of is Ake, by Wole Soyinka. What is it about these Yorubas?

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

Humans, not places, make memories.

the best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.