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“Now hear me well—what is not yours is not yours o, even if you marry the person that has that thing. If it is not yours, it is not yours o.”https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/13490756.Ay_ba_mi_Ade_ba_y_
— Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
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About Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born January 29, 1988) is a Nigerian writerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayobami_Adebayo#cite_note-2.Her 2017 debut novel, Stay With Me, won the 9mobile Prize for Literature and the Prix Les Afriques.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayobami_Adebayo#cite_note-3 She was awarded The Future Awards Africa Prize for Arts and Culture in 2017.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayobami_Adebayo#cite_note-:1-4
About Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ (born January 29, 1988) is a Nigerian writerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayobami_Adebayo#cite_note-2.Her 2017 debut novel, Stay With Me, won the 9mobile Prize for Literature and the Prix Les Afriques.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayobami_Adebayo#cite_note-3 She was awarded The Future Awards Africa Prize for Arts and Culture in 2017.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayobami_Adebayo#cite_note-:1-4
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