In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.

...children have the resilience to outlive their sufferings, if given a chance.

ONE OF THE UNSETTLING THINGS about my journey, mentally, physically, and emotionally, was that I wasn’t sure when or where it was going to end.

I believe that there is a God, and coming from an African tradition, I believe also that there are gods.

Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.

My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.

For many observers, a child who has known nothing but war, a child for whom the Kalashnikov is the only way to make a living and for whom the bush is the most welcoming community, is a child lost forever for peace and development. I contest this view. For the sake of these children, it is essential to prove that another life is possible.