I think not just Nigeria but I think the whole of Africa has to turn back to the rural areas and that’s where the majority of the citizens are and that’s where the engine of of development has to be found.
CHINUA ACHEBEWhen a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
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Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come.
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An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.
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When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when their explanations are no longer adequate.
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No man however great is greater than his people.
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
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Procrastination is a lazy man’s apology.
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My weapon is literature.
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Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
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It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live.
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Every generation must find its mission and fulfill it, as Fanon said – or betray it. So it is not something that you can write up on the wall, saying this is what has to be done. Every generation has to discover what it needs to do.
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Each of my books is different. Deliberately. I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.
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