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Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.16, Anchor. 22 Copy quote. There is nothing to fear from someone who shouts. Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe (1996). “Things Fall Apart”, p.99, Heinemann. 7 Copy quote. The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership.
Oct 31, 2015 · Chinua Achebe Quotes About Students. I tell my students, it's not difficult to identify with somebody like yourself, somebody next door who looks like you. What's more difficult is to identify with someone you don't see, who's very far away, who's a different color, who eats a different kind of food. When you begin to do that then literature is ...
- “If you don't like someone's story, write your own.” ― Chinua Achebe.
- “The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.” ― Chinua Achebe.
- “While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.” ― Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah.
- “The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one.
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. Chinua Achebe. School, Land, People. My books have done extremely well, I know. But I don't honestly feel much different from when I began to write. I still think we have a long way to go. I suppose my name means more in Nigeria today than ...
The following quotes take up different aspects on the theme of education in Things Fall Apart: “Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with ...
Mar 22, 2016 · Achebe received numerous accolades and has been called “the father of modern African writing”. We celebrate the legacy of one of Africa’s foremost writers with 10 quotes from his selected works. Things Fall Apart. 1. “The white man is very clever. He came quietly with his religion.
Mar 21, 2013 · Chinua Achebe When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.
