Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie‎

when it got dark, he turned the light on and marvelled at how bright the bulb that dangled from the ceiling was, how it did not cast long shadows on the wall like the palm oil lamps back home.

He did things the right way, the way the white people did, not what our people do now!

trousers into skirts,

You did not bow to another human being.

where he was going

It’s exciting to have to deal with God as a rival

and I had been surprised because I thought the Church was Christ’s bride

He was wrong. He was so wrong.

He was wrong. He was so wrong

heavy and hollow.