No Be From Hia Quotes

“It’s the way I always feel in Zambia. Not being able to speak Bemba is so limiting. Always just able to get by, but never enough to feel something from the inside out and bring it to life with ancient African dialect. Having to water down emotions with English vowels is most frustrating”
― Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda, No Be From Hia

“This I do know though, it is the beginning, even though it feels like the end”
― Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda, No Be From Hia

“I float out of my room, still hoping this is an extension of my dream, that I will wake again to realise it’s not happening, the hem of my floral night dress shakes violently. I stand still, trembling, unable to take in what I see, our once perfect world is upside down.”
― Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda, No Be From Hia

“the world swung, she felt light, lighter than a leaf tossed on a breeze. For one beautiful moment, just after losing her balance, she seemed to hang in the air above the placid green water, like an angel.”
― Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda, No Be From Hia