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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.
- “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.
We assign a color and icon like this one to each theme, making it easy to track which themes apply to each quote below. Marriage Is A Private Affair Quotes. “You have lived in Lagos all your life, and you know very little about people in remote parts of the country.”. Related Characters: Nnaemeka (speaker), Nene Atang.
20 of the best book quotes from Chinua Achebe. “As soon as his father walked in, that night, Nwoye knew that Ikemefuna had been killed, and something seemed to give way inside him, like the snapping of a tightened bow. He did not cry. He just hung limp.”. “Nwoye always wondered who Nnadi was and why he should live all by himself, cooking ...
All Quotes. Quotes By Chinua Achebe. 102 quotes from Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1): ‘The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion.
That is what your religion tells us.” “It does not tell you that dead men return.”. 14 quotes from No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, #2): ‘The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.'.
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Chinua Achebe wrote “Marriage is a Private Affair” in 1952, eight years before Nigeria won its independence from the British Empire. Consequently, the short story should be read with the understanding that Achebe was very much interested in the growing independence movements that were percolating in Nigeria and other nearby African nations.