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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.

  • -- Ama Ata Aidoo 阿玛·阿塔·艾杜

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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I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I am far from perfect but I do think I am able, through the media, to deliver a good, simple, understandable message.

我把我成年后政治生涯中最好的部分投入到帮助建立这一运动中，我还远远不够完美，但我确实认为我能够通过媒体传达一个好的、简单的、可以理解的信息。

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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

人道主义运动的一个显著特点，无论是感情上还是功利上，都是对群众命运的关注。

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I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

我很难说服学生们，他们去北非是为了了解北非人，而不是为了了解他们自己。

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

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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