Kola Boof
Kola Boof
Kola Boof is a Sudanese-American novelist. She was born a Sunni Muslim in Omdurman, Sudan. As a child, she witnessed her parents' murder. She was adopted by African-Americans in Washington D.C. in 1979 and became an American citizen in 1993. She is the author of seven books, published in eight countries.
"“My look, mind you, is not chocolate like Lauryn Hill, Whoopi Goldberg, or Naomi Campbell - it is pitch black and shimmering like the purple outer space of the universe. I am the charcoal that creates diamonds. I am the blackest black woman"
"10 Jan 2021 — He said that it made me an emotional exhibitionist.” Opposed to slavery. She explains that her parents were killed for openly voicing their."
"“But somehow, once you start playing behind the steering wheel of God, you realize just how powerful it is to be the imagination driving the natural world"
