Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Suyi Davies Okungbowa(born Osasuyi Okungbowa in Benin City, Nigeria) is an author and professor of Creative Writing at the University of Ottawa. His debut novel, David Mogo, Godhunter was published in July 2019; he has also written for younger readers (under the author name Suyi Davies) like Minecraft: The Haven Trials. His work is heavily influenced by the histories and cultures of West Africa and Nigeria, and discusses themes of identity, challenging difference and finding home. WIRED referred to him as "one of the most promising new voices coterie of African SFF writers. Quotes Stories are like knives: weapons or tools, depending on who is wielding them. Information before you need it is just as dangerous as the lack of it. You say you want liberty, but you can never be free alone. None of us are free until all of us are. I love how you say conquer when you mean erase. Let me borrow from their sayings here: they who rewrite stories are doomed to create monsters. We may come from different castes, and our struggles may be different, but our reasons are rooted in the same soil. Dangerous is a name for things we do not understand. I am a thing that is not understood, both among my people and among yours. She stepped forward and closed the space between them. “This is my city. Nobody, I repeat, nobody, can run me out of this place I have given my life to. Not you, not your First Elder. I am MaaEsheme, of the household of Nem and all of those who have come before her. We were here when you crossed into the mainland, and we will be here when you leave. Remember that. How could one explain a toothache to someone without teeth? Listen, child," Maame said. "Every story you believe, that you incorporate within the self, decides who you are. And the greatest weapon against freedom is to believe stories that plant a seed in your heart yet have no place growing there. The world will always be on fire. And though the size of that fire will differ, depending, it will always exist, and you will always need to be strong enough to make your way forward. Here’s to hoping you can find that strength in the small things. Suyi Davies talks about making your way forward in a world of fire I’m not here to tell you that you can change things. God knows that as a Nigerian, I've seen more than my fair share of raging against the machine, of changemakers cut down the moment they attempt to advocate for anything resembling progress. We are not Chosen Ones, individually or even collectively. We are vulnerable people, and these vulnerabilities will always be weaponized against us, as exploitative human systems have done since time immemorial. Suyi Davies talks on who benefits? External links Category:living people