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Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Excerpts that stood out to me:

"A part of me envies her this. Her passage through the world is smoother because her skin is a few shades paler than mine."

"I am surprised that he is so trusting. The diary might be fake, a trap to lure him to some disaster. But he is male. He ignored all those warnings about strangers."

" 'That's awful. Is it safe?'
...It was an ugly Western bias. The rest of the world was violent and unsafe, while our corner was an oasis of calm."