They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

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.

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

I've written poems about gifts. Life is inspirational; sometimes it comes from the most unlikely places.

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.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.