Quotes by : Yaa Gyasi

A little black child fighting in her sleep against an opponent she couldn't name come morning because....

No one forgets that they were once captive, even if they are now free.

Evil is like a shadow. It follows you.

But if we do not like the person we have learned to be, should we just sit in front of our fufu, doing....

As long as he lived, it would always be a pleasure and a gift to fill his hands with the weight of her....

The white man's god is just like the white man. He thinks he is the only god, just like the white man....

We can’t go back to something we ain’t never been to in the first place. It ain’t ours anymore.....

Once the woman decided to get free, she had also decided to stay free... The older Jo =got, the more....

History is Storytelling.

We are all weak most of the time,' she said finally. 'Look at the baby. Born to his mother, he learns....