Ben Okri - You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell ...

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You see, I was told stories, we were all told stories as kids in Nigeria. We had to tell stories that would keep one another interested, and you weren't allowed to tell stories that everybody else knew. You had to dream up new ones.

Ben Okri

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wissen Sie, mir wurden Geschichten erzählt, wir wurden alle als Kinder in Nigeria erzählt. Wir mussten Geschichten erzählen, die sich gegenseitig interessieren, und Sie durften keine Geschichten erzählen, die alle anderen kannten. Sie mussten sich neue einfallen lassen.

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