Identity

“As an African writer I did not have to sound like a carbon copy English boy if I wrote in English.”

“The issue is not freeing ourselves from representation.”

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose.”

“I arrived as a Javanese in Europe and return a real German to Java.”

“Haiti is my country.”

“I wanted to rep my neighbourhood, rep my country.”

“I consider myself a musician first.”

“Защото аз съм казал, че няма да слагам чуждо знаме на гърдите си и не искам друг химн да чувам.”

“Čika Valok, i ja sam Valok!”

“The truth is that I really love performing. I adore being Edina every time I do it. It is like having a holiday from yourself.”

“I don’t think anyone should be in trouble for saying something that reaffirms your identity and gives you strength and makes you who you are.”

“I'm not a removed person, no matter what I'm doing.”

“I never put those labels or identity metrics on myself.”

“Swimming seems to be part of the fabric of my life.”

“The concept of Africa is an invention.”

“In the personal self, the social is individualised.”

““Nosotros somos soldados de México””

“Weightlifting is in my blood. How can I give it up?”