Top 22 Quotes by Giles Foden

Ordinary Kenyans rightly want to be able to shop safely, and there is a long history of them doing just that, irrespective of their religion or that of the shop owner.

The search for inventive ways of telling the tale of Christ's birth has been going on a long time; in a way, difference was there from the start with Luke and Matthew.

Since its beginnings, American writing has been in dialogue with other literatures.

Foreign students add cultural value to their British peers, who need an international outlook.

From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself.

I grew up in the African bush in Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda, which is my thing. I love the smell of the dust as you bump along in a Land-Rover. I go back there often.

The history of ideas is littered with the corpses of those who have tried to define culture.

My father worked in agriculture, and I got to travel round remote rural areas with him and see a bit of the landscape and people.

Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences.

I can't think of a specific meal, but my favourite country for food has got to be France. I love those restaurants in the middle of the village squares.