As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

So often, literature about African people is conflated with literature about African politics, as if the state were somehow of greater import or interest than the individual.

Sight is subjective. We learned that in class.

How can I come from a nation? How can a human being come from a concept?

What distinguishes [Afropolitans] is a willingness to complicate Africa – namely, to engage with, critique, and celebrate the parts of Africa that mean most to them. Perhaps what most typifies the Afropolitan consciousness is the refusal to oversimplify; the effort to understand what is ailing in Africa alongside the desire to honour what is wonderful, unique. Rather than essentialising the geographical entity, we seek to comprehend the cultural complexity; to honour the intellectual and spiritual legacy; and to sustain our parents’ cultures.