“Beneatha: You didn't tell us what Alaiyo means… for all I know, you might be calling me Little Idiot or something…
…
Asagai: It means… it means One for Whom Bread--Food--Is Not Enough.”

— Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun

Source: A Raisin in the Sun

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playwright and writer 1930–1965

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