Yejide Kilanko
Nigerian Canadian fiction writer and social worker
Yejide Kilanko (born 1975) is a Nigerian Canadian fiction writer and social worker. She is known for addressing violence against women in her work. Her debut novel, Daughters Who Walk This Path, was a Canadian fiction bestseller in 2012.
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- Characters are never distant or holier-than-thou.
- I’m a writer. I still smile at my computer screen whenever I type those words. It’s a beautiful thing when your passion and purpose fuse.\
- It is easy for us to have strong negative feelings about self-centered and deluded people
- When we catch glimpses of other people’s humanity, we may be open to understanding why they act the way they do without needing to approve or disapprove of their behaviour.
- As a Yoruba woman, I grew to believe that the names given to babies shape their personalities and destinies. Therefore, I spend quite a bit of time pondering the names I give to all my characters.
- I’ve always felt that one does life better with the right friends.
- Goal, motivation, and conflict are essential story building blocks, and they are what shape my plotting and characterization processes.
