I WAS NOT BORN WITH A HUNGER FOR FREEDOM. I WAS BORN FREE – FREE IN EVERY WAY I COULD KNOW. FREE TO RUN IN THE FIELDS NEAR MY MOTHER’S HUT, FREE TO SWIM IN THE CLEAR STREAM THAT CROSSED MY VILLAGE, FREE TO GRILL CORN UNDER THE STARS AND CLIMB ON THE WIDE BACK OF SLOW-MOVING OXEN (…) IT WAS ONLY WHEN I LEARNED THAT THE FREEDOM OF MY CHILDHOOD WAS ONLY AN ILLUSION, THAT MY FREEDOM HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM ME, THAT I BEGAN TO HUNGER FOR IT.