What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in… - Chris Abani

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What I've come to learn is that the world is never saved in grand messianic gestures, but in the simple accumulation of gentle, soft, almost invisible acts of compassion, everyday acts of compassion. In South Africa they have a phrase called ubuntu. Ubuntu comes out of a philosophy that says, the only way for me to be human is for you to reflect my humanity back at me.

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Chris Abani (born 27 December 1966) is a Nigerian author.

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Birth Name: Christopher Uchechukwu Andrew Abani

Alternative Names: Christopher Abani • Abani Christopher

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