People in this country, always worrying about how to eat, t… - Imbolo Mbue

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People in this country, always worrying about how to eat, they pay someone good money to tell them: Eat this, don’t eat that. If you don’t know how to eat, what else can you know how to do in this world?

Imbolo Mbue

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Imbolo Mbue (born 1981) is a Cameroonian-American novelist and short-story writer based in New York City.

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