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Chinua Achebe was a novelist, poet, professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel, "Things Fall Apart"(1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi.
“The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
“People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
“To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
“A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
“The most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.
“We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing ourown.
The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye jionye n'ani ji onwe ya: "He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.
The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye jionye n'ani ji onwe ya: "He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.
“The relationship with my people, the Nigerian people, is very good. My relationship with the rulers has always been problematic.
“Charity . . . is the opium of the privileged.
“There is no story that is not true.