Ishmael Beah Quotes

My Mother Tongue, Mende, Is Very Expressive, Very Figurative, And When I Write, I Always Struggle To Find The English Equivalent Of Things That I Really Want To Say In Mende. For Example, In Mende, You Wouldn't Say 'night Came Suddenly'; You Would Say 'the Sky Rolled Over And Changed Its Sides.'

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