"Every novel worthy of the name is like another planet, whether large or small, which has its own laws just as it has its own flora and fauna."

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For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony.

— Henry Louis Gates