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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

Chinua Achebe

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.
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Confirm Failure Head People See
If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own. If you don’t like what somebody says, say what it is you don’t like.
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Expression Feeling Story Talk
The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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Different Kind Language Price Submission World
The singer should sing well even if it is merely to himself, rather than dance badly for the whole world.
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Dance Singing World
The lizard that jumped from a high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no-one else did.
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Deep Lizard Philosophy Praise
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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Adventure Kindness Myself Way
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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Beginning Education Land Learning Myself People
Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.
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Break Oneself Wings
When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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Brother Death Fight Profit Stranger
You do not know me,’ said Tortoise. ‘I am a changed man. I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others makes trouble for himself.
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Change Learning Myself
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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Description Finding Myself Need Teaching
A coward may cover the ground with his words but when the time comes to fight he runs away.
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Coward Fight Run Time War
Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
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Art Conversation Eat Word
If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Children Deep Eat Hands King Value Wash
The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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Motivational Shine Stand Sun
Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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Dance Finding Music Self Love Yourself

The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.

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