En so't ek begin besef dat my Amerikaanse kamermaat haar hele lewe lank verskillende weergawes van hierdie enkele storie moes gesien en gehoor het. So ook ’n professor, wat op ’n keer vir my gesê het dat my roman nie "eg aan Afrika" is nie.
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."