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I think multiple realities exist. Most colonised countries had their cosmology, their ontology, their metaphysics colonised too. They’ve been told th… - Akwaeke Emezi
" "I think multiple realities exist. Most colonised countries had their cosmology, their ontology, their metaphysics colonised too. They’ve been told that what was there before wasn’t real. My dad’s a pretty conservative Christian, but he’ll still get a pastor to come to the hospital [where he works as a doctor] because someone’s been working black magic. I say to him: “If you don’t believe in it, why is the pastor there?” He says: “You don’t need to believe in something for it to be real.”
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About Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi (born 1987) is Nigerian-born writer and video artist of Igbo and Tamil descent.
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Native Name:
Akwaeze Emezi
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Zara
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