Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth $9 a day). This means that a Japanese cow would be a middle class Kenyan... a $9-a-day cow from Japan could very well head a humanitarian NGO in Kenya. Massages are very cheap in Nairobi, so the cow would be comfortable.

People reach an age... where somebody elses platform is no longer yours.

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated

I love playing with words and texture.

All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.