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“Sometimes I think we have children because we want to leave behind someone who can explain who we were to the world when we are gone.”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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