He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.Sun Tzu
“Stories are the secret reservoirs of values.”
Nigerian poet and novelist · born 1959
Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and novelist whose novel The Famished Road won the Booker Prize in 1991. His lyrical work blends everyday realism with the spirit world of West African storytelling.
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