6 beautiful quotes from 'Flora Nwapa' the mother of African Literature

1. On Writing

"I write because I want to write. I write because I have a story to tell. There is this urge always to write and put things down. I do not presume that I have a mission. If you continue to read my books, maybe you could find the mission. But I continue to write because I feel fulfilled. I feel satisfied in what I am doing"

2. On the evils of War

"What arrogance, what stupidity led us to this desolation, to this madness, to this wickedness, to this war, to this death? When this cruel war was over, there will be no more war. It will not happen again, never again. Never again, never again."

3. On Religion

"Nothing baffles God."

4. On Women

“When I do write about women in Nigeria, in Africa, I try to paint a positive picture about women because there are many women who are very, very positive in their thinking, who are very, very independent and very, very industrious,”

5. On Wives and mothers

"A woman who holds her husband as a father dies an orphan."

6. On African Women

"The African Woman is intelligent, beautiful, hardworking and everything an ideal woman should be. . . She has great independence of spirit"

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