Africa is to Europe as the picture is to Dorian Gray-a carrier onto whom the master unloads his physical & moral deformities.
CHINUA ACHEBEThe world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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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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When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate.
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A child cannot pay for its mother’s milk.
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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.
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When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.
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Art is man’s constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.
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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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Whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it.
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I am against people reaping where they have not sown. But we have a saying that if you want to eat a toad you should look for a fat and juicy one.
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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.
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The language of young men is pull down and destroy; but an old man speaks of conciliation.
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Charity is the opium of the privileged.
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The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use.
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There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
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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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