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"Jagua Nana" Quotes
"Jagua Nana" follows the life of an aging Nigerian prostitute navigating love, ambition, and survival in the vibrant, tumultuous city of Lagos.
Quotes
She was a woman who had known many men, and yet her heart was still a territory unclaimed.
In the city, every dream was a coin tossed into the darkness, hoping for morning.
Jagua Nana walked with the confidence of one who had faced the world and survived.
A woman’s beauty is like a river; it may dry, but its memory leaves the land forever changed.
He wanted education, but the hunger in his stomach was louder than any lesson.
Love can be a curse when it blinds you to the truth staring in your face.
Lagos is a city that never sleeps, but its dreams are sometimes nightmares.
Men came and went, but loneliness lingered like perfume in the air.
She counted her lovers by the number of heartbreaks she carried.
To survive, you must learn to dance to the music, even when you do not know the tune.