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I grew up in Africa, in Nigeria. I never knew, I never had any reasonable encounter with football. I saw football on Sky News. I thought there were people dressed like extraterrestrials, you know, like they were going to Mars or something, headgears and shoulder pads. And I wondered why, as a child, why did they have to dress that way. Bennet Omalu

News You People Sky Thought Extraterrestrial Saw Way Mars Dress Dressed Something Never Had Football Knew Like Know Were Encounter Up Wondered Child Did Any Going Africa Grew Pads Shoulder Reasonable Why Nigeria

When I read Mike Webster's file before I began his autopsy, I knew he was more than a 50-year-old heart attack victim. His file and the television reports of the death of the former Pittsburgh Steelers center described a long, steep fall into bizarre behavior. I suspected he suffered from some sort of brain disorder. Bennet Omalu

Death Heart Behavior Long Fall Before Victim Television Bizarre Some Webster More Attack Steep He Knew Read Sort His Brain Began Than Reports Suspected Pittsburgh Center Former Mike Disorder File Suffered

A hungry man is an angry one. Buchi Emecheta

Angry Man Anger Hungry

I work toward the liberation of women, but I'm not feminist. I'm just a woman. Buchi Emecheta

Work Woman Women Liberation Toward Feminist Just

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money. Buchi Emecheta

Rights Book Money Paperback Finish Soon Sell Where Different Publishers

I like to be called a Nigerian rather than somebody from the Third World or the developing or whatever. Buchi Emecheta

World Somebody Whatever Rather Developing Like Than Nigerian Third Third World

I'm Nigerian. I'm African. I have a lot to say. Apart from what I say, though, is the feeling. People can relate to that feeling. It's a reciprocal relationship. They feed off me and I feed off them. Burna Boy

Me Relationship People Feeling Relate Reciprocal Say Though Feed Lot Off African Apart Them Nigerian

Most Americans don't even understand what I'm saying in my records, but they pick up on the vibe, the vibration. Burna Boy

Saying Records Pick Most Understand Up American Vibe Vibration Even

For me, every project is different, and it serves a different purpose. Burna Boy

Me Every Project Purpose Different Serve

Outside' was more of a personal project. This, the 'African Giant', is more of an African project. Burna Boy

Project Giant More Outside Personal African

My genre of music is called Afro-Fusion because I fuse different types of music into a ball. Burna Boy

Music Types Fuse Genre Because Ball Different Different Types

At the end of the day, everything you chase will run. Burna Boy

Day You End Of The Day Will Everything Run Chase End

I would find myself being inspired by things that I've heard as a kid: Nigerian music or African music, some French music or some Jamaican music. When it's time for music to be made, it's almost like my ancestors just come into me and then it's them. Burna Boy

Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Character Experience Recollection Memoir About Emotion Particular Non-Fiction Personal Personal Experience Often Fiction Literary Story Much

Lasting love has to be built on mutual regard and respect. It is about seeing the other person. I am very interested in relationships and, when I watch couples, sometimes I can sense a blindness has set in. They have stopped seeing each other. It is not easy to see another person. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Love Respect Sometimes Sense Lasting Other Relationships Easy See Mutual Seeing About Couples Another Blindness Built Am Very Person Stopped Regard Interested Each Watch Set

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