It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

-- Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

遗憾的是，一个人无法想象自己无法与任何事物相比。天才是一个梦想下雪的非洲人。

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Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face.

因为面具脸,脸是一个面具,我想脸上的面具,因为我看到面临来自非洲的面具是我们随身携带的东西,它是我们的演示,我们的面前,这是我们的脸。

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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

对我们非洲人来说，文学必须有一个目的:揭露、羞辱和打击腐败和威权主义。非洲艺术家的功利主义是可以理解的。

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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.

怜悯是对女人最致命的感情。

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What we do with pity another would call it strength.

我们用怜悯做的事，别人会称之为力量。

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