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 ACHEBEThe damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.
More Chinua Achebe Quotes
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If one finger brings oil it soils the others.
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My weapon is literature.
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Storytellers 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.
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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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Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can’t dance.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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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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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.
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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
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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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Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.
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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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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag; every man carries his own.
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When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
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