"A locust plague in Mali, a firebombed church in Kenya, another warlord hiding in the hills with a cache of AK47's and machetes; Africa is still a mess. No matter how many books I write about her, I will never have the power to fix her. I'm not immune to the human misery unfolding in Libya or Somalia or, most especially, Swaziland, my spiritual home, the country with the highest AIDS infection rate on Earth. I can no longer judge my own writing in terms of its ability to save Africa. Instead, I can invite readers into an exquisite, wild part of the world where exciting things happen. I can tell stories where despite the obstacles, people fight for each and for justice. Now, when I stand on a craggy mountainside high above a river in Swaziland (whether I'm really there or just in my imagination) I feel no shame, just the deepest kind of love."
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- Ikhide
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