{"id":24681,"date":"2023-01-09T21:35:56","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/?p=24681"},"modified":"2023-01-09T21:35:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T20:35:56","slug":"ten-questions-with-elohor-egbordi-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/akefestival.org\/archive\/ten-questions-with-ruby-yayra-goka","title":{"rendered":"TEN QUESTIONS With Ruby Yayra Goka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Where do you consider home and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home to me is not a physical location. Home is where my family is. Throughout my life, the physical locations have changed but the people have been constant. Home is a place of belonging and acceptance. It\u2019s where the people I love the most are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>List three words or phrases that come to mind when you think of home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; a place of unconditional love, warmth, security<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; a place of rejuvenation\/ recharging both mentally and physically<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; wholesome food<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Have you ever been homesick? Tell us the circumstances and how it felt.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anytime I am away from home for an extended period of time, I get homesick for my family and the familiar (people, sights and smells of my home country). I miss the shared history you get from being with a group of people, I miss the non-verbal communication you have in public, I miss the food, I miss not having to censor yourself for fear of being offensive or being judged. I miss not being the \u2018other\u2019. I miss the grounding that being home gives me.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your opinion about brain-drain?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think it has become a necessary evil and the impact on our local economies and our culture is clear. However, we are becoming a global village and the need of black diasporans to connect with their home cultures and the sense\/ feeling of home has led to the spread of African music, food, and literature to international audiences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In what way does your physical location impact your creative output?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical location is a great boost to my creativity. My senses are instantly overwhelmed by all the new sights, sounds and the culture of the new locations. Six of my books were influenced by my living in new places. The duration of my stay varied from one week to three years but each instance produced a book. I love visiting new places and immersing myself in the cultures and traditions of others. They are a fail-proof spark to my creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is your preferred mode of travel and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wish instant time travel was already a thing. I love visiting new places but I hate journeying to get there. Until time travel becomes a thing, flying is my preferred mode because it takes the shortest time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In her debut collection of poems <i>Home Coming<\/i>, Sonia Sanchez\u2019s writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201ci have returned \\\\ leaving behind me \\\\ all those hide and \\\\ seek faces peeling\\\\ with freudian dreams.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What does the phrase \u201cfreudian dreams\u201d mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home Coming<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for me, is a poem of self-education and growth. It\u2019s an inward reflection that leads to a reawakening of the self. It\u2019s a recognition of the truth of one\u2019s people which is not tainted through the lens of racism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The mission to establish a colony of humans on Mars is becoming a realistic proposition. Would you agree to be one of the founding members?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On three conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I get to take a pill during the flight there (Like Mr T from the A-Team)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I go with my family<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They must have red-red and fried plantains<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the 10th anniversary of the Ake Arts and Book Festival. If you have attended this festival before, please tell us what was special about your experience. If you have never attended, what are your expectations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m excited for the festival and to meet other creatives. I\u2019m looking forward to being on the soil that birthed one of Africa\u2019s greatest authors and to trying Naija jollof.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What does Africa need right now?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Selflessness on the part of both the people and the leaders. 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