We must strive to be like the moon

We must live in the radiance of tomorrow, as our ancestors have suggested in their tales. For what is yet to come tomorrow has possibilities, and we must think of it, the simplest glimpse of that possibility of goodness. That will be our strength. That has always been our strength.

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.

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

I was still hesitant to let myself let go, because I still believed in the fragility of happiness.

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

This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.