5 Inspiring quotes from 'Foreign Gods Inc.' by Okey Ndibe

1. “You wrote words with your hand, but your mind wiped me away.”

2. “In a postmodern world, even gods and sacred objects must travel or lose their vitality; any deity that remained stuck in its place and original purpose would soon become moribund.”

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3. “May we not die premature deaths; instead, may our troubles be limited to pangs of hunger. A man with life will find food to put in the stomach. If death doesn’t kill the penis, it soon eats bearded meat.”

4. “Polycarp used to dazzle youngsters with tales of heroic worker strikes. He also relished telling stories about a man called Karl Marx, a name he pronounced as Kalu Mazi.”

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5. “The white man knows many things,” the other whispered back, “but he doesn’t know how to tell a good lie.”