# Quote — Cyprian Ekwensi, People of the City

> But now things are different. Yes, things are gradually passing into African hands. Soon al the power will be in our hands. It's worth fighting for.

- Author: [Cyprian Ekwensi](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cyprian-ekwensi.md)
- Book: [People of the City](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cyprian-ekwensi/people-of-the-city.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cyprian_Ekwensi#People_of_the_City_(1954)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/cyprian-ekwensi/people-of-the-city/but-now-things

## More from this book

> We want a new life, new opportunities ... We want to live there for some time -- but only for some time ! We have our homeland here and must come back when we can answer your father's challenge ! When we have done something, become something!

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cyprian-ekwensi/people-of-the-city/we-want-a-new.md)

> His motto had become money, money, money. This was the way people of the city realized themselves.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cyprian-ekwensi/people-of-the-city/his-motto-had.md)