Oyinkan Braithwaite quotes

Oyinkan Braithwaite is a Nigerian-British writer and novelist, best known for her debut novel "My Sister, the Serial Killer." Her work explores themes of family, crime, and contemporary Nigerian society with wit and sharp insight. She has received international acclaim and several prestigious literary nominations for her writing. Here are 4 of her quotes:

Writing for me is an act of discovery, I am learning about the characters even as I am writing them. In reality, we rarely know why people do the things they do. I think it is enough, sometimes, to simply point to something and allow the readers to reach their own conclusions. (Oyinkan Braithwaite)
As an individual I'm attracted to strong female characters – my characters have always been people who own themselves. Even if they're strongly doing something wrong, they've always been powerful people. View quote
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We have a wide divide between classes and we have a wide divide between cultures because we're from different tribes, we have different religions. You don't have to walk very far to see someone who has a really different life from you...I wouldn't want to write a novel and people feel that I'm speaking to a Nigerian experience – I'm speaking to my experience, to the things I'm interested in, and that's all I can do. View quote
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Here in Nigeria, being the first born is a huge, huge role. It's a huge responsibility. It's a big deal. You're treated - from the get-go, you're treated differently. You know, there's a kind of proverb here. I'm not sure what language it's in, but where they say, the eldest child is the one that opened the womb. View quote
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