“My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist a...” — Junot Diaz Quote

“My African roots made me what I am today. They're the reason I exist at all.”

“Any art worth its name requires you to be fundamentally lost for a very long time.”

“I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.”

“Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.”

“I was raised with a father who really believed in the bridge between all Africans around the world.”

“The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots and built upon its own indigenous institutions.”