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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quotes: This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see.
         

This is our world, although the people who drew this map decided to put their own land on top of ours. There is no top or bottom, you see.


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