It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an audience beyond that language through the art of translation.

Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!

Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord it over a continent ten times its size? Why does needy Africa continue to let its wealth meet the needs of those outside its borders and then follow behind with hands outstretched for a loan of the very wealth it let go? How did we arrive at this, that the best leader is the one that knows how to beg for a share of what he has already given away at the price of a broken tool? Where is the future of Africa?

People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday, the Bible in translation is being read to thousands and thousands in Africa. It is an integral part of their functioning and the way they look at the world.

What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.

What's good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.

I'm more trying to connect; I'm more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.