People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them.
CHINUA ACHEBEStorytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.
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A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.
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We shall all live. We pray for life, children, a good harvest and happiness. You will have what is good for you and I will have what is good for me. Let the kite perch and let the egret perch too. If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
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Now one of the changes that must come to Africa is the idea of limited rule, I mean in term of how long one leader can stay in power. The era of president for life is not gone yet but it is on its way out and that is one of the problems with Mugabe and others.
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am – and what I need – is something I have to find out myself.
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There is no story that is not true.
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What a man does not know is greater than he.
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The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
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I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.
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When mother-cow is chewing grass its young ones watch its mouth
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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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