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Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: Ghana is like a lion without a head

Ghana is like a lion without a head

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: Yes.Work is love made visible.

Yes.
Work is love made visible.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics ...

The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics ...

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: You know perfectly well that if ever you really want to, you can come back to me, he said without the slightest trace of irony and cynicism, and left.

You know perfectly well that if ever you really want to, you can come back to me, he said without the slightest trace of irony and cynicism, and left.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.

We are victims of our history and our present. They place too many obstacles in the way of love. And we cannot enjoy even our differences in peace.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

They had always told me that I wrote like a man.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: A dog among the masters, the most masterly of the dogs.

A dog among the masters, the most masterly of the dogs.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.

No matter what anybody says, we can't have it all. Not if you are a woman. Not yet.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted

At the age of 15, a teacher had asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and without knowing why or even how I replied that I wanted to be a poet.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: Humans, not places, make memories.

Humans, not places, make memories.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: The best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.

The best way to sharpen a knife is not to whet one side of it only. And neither can you solve a riddle by considering only one end of it.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: Things are working out ... towards their dazzling conclusions.

Things are working out ... towards their dazzling conclusions.

Ama Ata Aidoo quotes: But what she also came to know was that someone somewhere would always see in any kind of difference, an excuse to be mean.

But what she also came to know was that someone somewhere would always see in any kind of difference, an excuse to be mean.