For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.

You accept whoever you are interacting with, directly, or indirectly.

Be yourself. Ultimately just be yourself.

You go to conferences, and your fellow African intellectuals - and even heads of state - they all say: 'Nigeria is a big disappointment. It is the shame of the African continent.'

Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.

My definition of slavery is the deprivation of human volition, any form of relationship between two peoples which is based on the deprivation of volition of one side.

See, even despite pious statements to the contrary, much of the industrialized world has not yet come to terms with the recognition of the fallacy of what I call the strong man syndrome.