We came to tell you sir, that our clinic is run-down and abandoned.We came to tell you that we don’t have a… — Helon Habila
We came to tell you sir, that our clinic is run-down and abandoned.We came to tell you that we don’t have a single borehole onMorgan street... we are here to protest against this neglect--- weare dying from diseases. We are dying from a lack of hope. Andthat is why we are here today to protest. And this is the way wefeel we ought to express our displeasure
p. 131Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
More from this book
The houses were old and craggy and lichened. The place had theunfinished, abandoned appearance of an under waterscape.Crouching under the bigger or in their own clusters were hastilybuilt wood and zinc structures that housed an incredibly largenumber of families: the fathers were mostly out-of-work drivers,laborers, fugitives convalescing between prison terms
p. 97
More than once ourtaxi was forced to hug the kerb as siren blaring military jeepspassed at top speed...”
p. 43
Look out there, see the long queue of cars waiting for fuel. Someof them have been there for three days...And we are a majorproducer of oil
p. 84
