The Strange Crimes of Little Africa Quotes

“Zora often wondered if at this point they all just catered to the whims of whites, and it had ceased being a Negro movement altogether, and now they were all merely playing the part of what whites thought blacks should be.”
― Chesya Burke, The Strange Crimes of Little Africa

“One’s story never belongs to them alone, Jaz’s friend, Zora, often told her. Instead, it is a collective arrangement from all of the people that person has met and encountered along the way. This is more true to the Negro than any other person in the world. In fact, since other people insist on interfering, one might as well tell their own story as they see fit—whether it actually happened that way or not—because once someone else puts their hands on it, it’s bound to change. Besides, Negroes never get their own stories anyway, so what’s the point of half-truths? One might as well go all out and lie, Zora insisted.”
― Chesya Burke, The Strange Crimes of Little Africa

“Daddies always love their daughters when there’s only one.”
― Chesya Burke, The Strange Crimes of Little Africa