Tijan Sallah

""I am a Gambian. A Gambian in voluntary self-imposed exile, in that I chose to stay and work outside The Gambia. But I am an African in so far as I identify myself with the total continental reality,""

""I see the need for Africans to come together to define and develop a continental culture. But I also see the drawbacks of that, in terms of differences in language, traditions, etc.""

""Writing is a very private and very lonely business. As a young writer, the first thing is to learn your craft well.""

""Writing is not an easy task. It doesn’t just come, it has to be developed. One has to practice a lot. Practice and learn from the mistakes of the past and never give up.""

""A writer writes out of a particular locality and out of a particular local experience.""