Africa was the most exotic place I could conceive of - the end of the world - and I knew I would go there one day.
Henning MankellEach person searches for the most beautiful jump which will be the final before leaving this world.
Henning MankellI came to Mozambique in 1986, when I first became involved with Teatro Avenida - a theatre company that stages plays concerned with political and social issues.
Henning MankellSome people give theirselves a certain number of white weeks once in a year, when they do not drink a single drop of alcohol. It is really wise. I myself have a few weeks per year, let us call them white or black, when I am not interested in the world around. When I come back from this isolation of the news, I realize that I have missed nothing significant. We live in the rain of disinformation and rumors, where the truth is a very small number. In those weeks of dissociation I seek for knowledge that lies within me.
Henning Mankell