And so, I began to realize that my American roommate must have throughout her life seen and heard different versions of this single story, as had a professor, who once told me that my novel was not "authentically African."
Jeg begynte å innse at min amerikanske romkamerat måtte gjennom livet ha sett og hørt ulike varianter av denne ene beretning, det samme hadde en professor som fortalte meg at min novelle ikke var afrikansk nok.