Foreign Gods, Inc. Quotes

“You wrote words with your hand, but your mind wiped me away.”
― Okey Ndibe, Foreign Gods, Inc.

“in a postmodern world, even gods and sacred objects must travel or lose their vitality; any deity that remained stuck in its place and original purpose would soon become moribund.”
― Okey Ndibe, Foreign Gods, Inc.

“May we not die premature deaths; instead, may our troubles be limited to pangs of hunger. A man with life will find food to put in the stomach. If death doesn’t kill the penis, it soon eats bearded meat.”
― Okey Ndibe, Foreign Gods, Inc.

“Polycarp used to dazzle youngsters with tales of heroic worker strikes. He also relished telling stories about a man called Karl Marx, a name he pronounced as Kalu Mazi.”
― Okey Ndibe, Foreign Gods, Inc.

“The white man knows many things,” the other whispered back, “but he doesn’t know how to tell a good lie.”
― Okey Ndibe, Foreign Gods, Inc.