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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.

Chinua Achebe

If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Inspirational Motivational Writing Yourself
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens – whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
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Citizenship Country Ethnicity Gender
If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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Children Deep Eat Hands King Value Wash
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
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.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Change Ideas Leadership Limitation Power Problem Stay
When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.
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Competition Coward Fight Hungry Man See
Just think of the work you’ve set yourself to do, and do it as well as you can.
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Thinking Work Yourself
Every lizard lies on its belly, so we cannot tell which has a belly-ache
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Animal Lying Philosophy
Become familiar with your home, but know also about your neighbors. The young man who never went anywhere thinks his mother is the greatest cook.
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Cook Greatness Home Known Mom Neighbor
Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality.
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Hands Literature Ourselves Reality
A goat does not eat into a hen’s stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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Friendship Goat Hen Stomach
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
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered.
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Bone Fall Myself Son
When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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Door Hard Time Himself Knock Suffering Worry
There is that great proverb – that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
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Deep Glorify Greatness Hunt Proverb Story
If you only hear one side of the story, you have no understanding at all.
CHINUA ACHEBE

Hear Understand Yourself

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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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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