Red was the blood of the siblings massacred in the North, black was for mourning them, green was for the prosperity Biafra would have, and, finally, the half of a yellow sun stood for the glorious future.

How [stories] are told, who tells them, when they’re told, how many stories are told — are really dependent on power.

I don't believe that art and politics or social issues must be separated. In writing about marriage, for example, money can be a big factor, and money is linked to earning, and earning is influenced by politics.

People have crushes on priests all the time, you know. It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival.

I am a strong believer in the ability of human beings to change for the better. I am a strong believer in trying to change what we are dissatisfied with.

I can write with authority only about what I know well, which means that I end up using surface details of my own life in my fiction.

If you start thinking about being likable you are not going to tell your story honestly.