For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

-- Ama Ata Aidoo 阿玛·阿塔·艾杜

对我们非洲人来说，文学必须有一个目的:揭露、羞辱和打击腐败和威权主义。非洲艺术家的功利主义是可以理解的。

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I have invested the best part of my adult political life in helping to try to build up this movement and I am far from perfect but I do think I am able, through the media, to deliver a good, simple, understandable message.

我把我成年后政治生涯中最好的部分投入到帮助建立这一运动中，我还远远不够完美，但我确实认为我能够通过媒体传达一个好的、简单的、可以理解的信息。

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A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

人道主义运动的一个显著特点，无论是感情上还是功利上，都是对群众命运的关注。

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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.

我们说，国际刑事法院的目标是非洲人，但是在我们在非洲的案件中，所有的受害者都是非洲人。

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What's really good is African drum music.

真正好的是非洲鼓乐。

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