5 Quotes & Sayings By Maaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste was born in Ethiopia. She spent her early childhood in Addis Ababa, then moved to the United States at the age of nine. She attended high school at St. Ann's School of Highland Park, New Jersey before entering college at Yale University Read more

Mengiste graduated with honors from Yale College in 2000, where she studied English literature and African American studies. Soon after graduation, she moved to Washington, D.C. to work for the administration of former President Bill Clinton as a speechwriter and special assistant for policy development.

Mengiste then attended Columbia Law School, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree in 2004.

When you are convinced that everything that happens is the...
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When you are convinced that everything that happens is the will of God, what is there to do but wait until God has mercy? Maaza Mengiste
How many shots had to be fired to turn this...
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How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother? Maaza Mengiste
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The rich think this land is theirs though they have never earned the right to call it theirs. Maaza Mengiste
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We must not be anything other than what we are. Maaza Mengiste