I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings. Taiye Selasi More Quotes by Taiye Selasi More Quotes From Taiye Selasi Being a twin, and being my sister's twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn't know how to be who I am, including a writer, without that being somehow at the centre. Taiye Selasi definingtwinswho-i-am I read recently that the problem with stereotypes isn't that they are inaccurate, but that they're incomplete. And this captures perfectly what I think about contemporary African literature. The problem isn't that it's inaccurate, it's that it's incomplete. Taiye Selasi problemliteraturethinking The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart. Taiye Selasi blankpagesheart That's what makes writer's block so painful. You think the well has run dry, maybe somewhere in the heavens the tap has been turned off. That's beyond frightening. Taiye Selasi runthinkyoupainful The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou. Taiye Selasi africafirstgosummer
