The Interpreter
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:10:01
I shot him in the head
so he wouldn't shoot me.

:10:09
Then I handed the rifle to my brother
and told him, "I'm through. "

:10:13
I walked away with him shouting at me,
"You're a coward. "

:10:18
"Our parents are dead, Zuwanie's alive. "
:10:23
My brother,
who in another life wouldn't harm a...

:10:31
That was the last thing he ever said to me.
:10:34
The only contact I have is the notebooks
I send and imagine him receiving.

:10:39
I know he's alive. I know it.
:10:43
But I'm not to him.
:10:49
I lied to you because I was afraid.
:10:53
I was afraid
he might be involved in what I heard.

:10:59
I lied to everyone else
so they'd let me near the UN,

:11:03
and that's the only place that I believe
has a chance to change any of this.

:11:09
And I lied to you about Ajene Xola because...
:11:12
I loved him. Once.
:11:16
Until the color of my skin became a problem.
:11:20
The politics of my skin.
:11:25
I walked away from Africa with nothing.
No brother, no family, no lover, nothing.

:11:30
Just a belief that words and compassion
are the better way.

:11:36
Even if it's slower than a gun.
:11:48
Where are you going?
:11:51
You've got blood all over your face.
:11:54
You can't say stuff like that
with blood on your face.


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