Kola Boof Quotes - Page 2

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• When I couldn't speak English, I loved silent films circa 1914-1929, Abel Gance being my favorite director.

  Kola Boof

  Silent Films, Speak English, Abel

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• Because I was in psychiatric treatment for most of my childhood and had to learn English and had to adjust to a white-dominated society, I truly know what being Sudanese refugees [adopting by white family] mean. It's not something that you can explain in the confines of an interview, but there is an immediate comfort, a connection between black phenotypes that is natural.

  Kola Boof

  Mean, White, Childhood

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• The media has outright lied on me. They reported that I called myself Osama's [Bin Laden] 'sex slave,' apparently unaware that sex slaves aren't allowed to look their master in the eye, write poetry with him or go on hunting excursions with him.

  Kola Boof

  Sex, Eye, Writing

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• I'm not talking about my children's father'he's a wonderful black man, the hero of my life, and he's never disrespected or betrayed me. But I'm talking about what I see in the streets and in the media, this naked hatred that black men have towards the authentic black woman'which is really an indication of black men's hatred for blackness itself.

  Kola Boof

  Children, Father, Hero

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• I value men and I don't necessarily want to adopt the man's role, but I do want to see women's humanity honored and respected.

  Kola Boof

  Men, Humanity, Roles

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• I wrote about my life just as I remembered it. I named names and it's very detailed. Hundreds of Sudanese refugees and people from Africa say that my journey is very similar to theirs.

  Kola Boof

  Journey, Names, People

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• I'm not a 'strong warrior queen' like people think. I spend most of my day cooking and doing things with my sons.

  Kola Boof

  Strong, Queens, Warrior

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• I learned English by watching soaps as a kid, and since I don't have any formal education and can't teach at the universities like other literary writers do.

  Kola Boof

  Kids, Soap, Formal

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• The rumors about me being with Jamal Lewis, Adam Carolla and Tiki Barber are absolutely false. I've never even met Adam or Tiki Barber in person'we did phone interviews. What happens is that a lot of high-profile men saw topless photos of me.

  Kola Boof

  Men, Photo Of Me, Phones

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• Even though I couldn't speak English, there were many times that my black-American parents could read my mind and I could read theirs.

  Kola Boof

  Speak English, Parent, Mind

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• My autobiography is one of the truest, most frankly written books ever published in the western hemisphere.

  Kola Boof

  Book, Hemisphere, Autobiography

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I have never turned a trick in my life, and I just resent the American definitions of ’sex slave’ and ’prostitute’ so much. I was a mistress!

  Kola Boof

  Sex, Mistress, Definitions

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I met rich men and they became my boyfriends. When I was a kept woman'it was a relationship.

  Kola Boof

  Men, My Boyfriend, Kept Woman

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I happen to know at least a hundred Sudanese refugees in the United States, all of whom were taken in by white families and white churches, and they all tell me''Naima, you were blessed to be raised by Black Americans.'

  Kola Boof

  Blessed, Taken, White

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• The press doesn't like me, because I am a weirdo to them, so they do everything to create their own fictional Kola Boof.

  Kola Boof

  Weirdo, Like Me, Presses

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• What makes me angry'is that it wasn't me who revealed that I had been with Osama Bin Laden. I originally denied being involved with Osama when the London Guardian threatened to 'out' me.

  Kola Boof

  London, Osama Bin Laden, Guardian

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• People don't want truth, they just want trash.

  Kola Boof

  People, Want, Trash

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I'm not at all against white people adopting black children, because we're all human beings who need to give love and be nurtured in safety, but I do think it's better to be adopted by blacks.

  Kola Boof

  Children, Thinking, White

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• I'm not told what to say by any Republicans and I've never done a personal appearance topless.

  Kola Boof

  Done, Republican, Appearance

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• In 1998, I was trained by the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army ] in London how to pretend to be a geologist.

  Kola Boof

  Army, People, London

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• I feel as if I'm going through a mid-life crisis. I don't feel very attractive and it's like I'm frigid or something. I'm aging and it makes me very sad.

  Kola Boof

  Aging, Very Sad, Attractive

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• I have never received full credit from the SPLA [Sudanese People's Liberation Army], because the men are very sexist and feel that I'm acting out of place, bringing too much attention to myself - but for the funeral of our leader John Garang, they had me write the poem "Chol Apieth" to eulogize him, and that was their way of acknowledging my contributions.

  Kola Boof

  Writing, Army, Men

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• I was born to an Arab father and I was born Islamic.

  Kola Boof

  Father, Islamic, Born

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• One of my brothers in my adopted family converted to Islam and I love him with all my heart. I have Muslim women who understand my pain and they give me lots of love and support. But what Black Americans never think about is that the African version of Islam is totally different from American Islam. They've never seen mothers doused in gasoline and set on fire for ’religious' reasons. So they don't know what I'm talking about.

  Kola Boof

  Mother, Religious, Brother

  "Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I'm too good for assimilation.

  Kola Boof

  Assimilation

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