“I don't care about age very much.”
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When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt.
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.
But I liked Yeats! That wild Irishman. I really loved his love of language, his flow. His chaotic ideas seemed to me just the right thing for a poet. Passion! He was always on the right side. He may be wrongheaded, but his heart was always on the right side. He wrote beautiful poetry.
