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If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.

Chinua Achebe

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Chinua Achebe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 16
Died: 2013
Died: March 22
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
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Africa is people may seem too simple and too obvious to some of us. But I have found in the course of my travels through the world that the most simple things can still givwe us a lot of trouble, even the brightest among us: this is particularly so in matters concerning Africa.
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The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.
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I'm amazed when I think about students today. They know from day one what they are going to be. We didn't. We just coasted. We just knew that things would work out.
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The 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.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. H. P. LOVECRAFT, attributed, Telling It Like It Is Dancing is very important nowadays. No girl will look at you if you can't dance.
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Wisdom is like a goatskin bag every man carries his own.
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When Rimbaud became a slave trader, he stopped writing poetry.
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I find Nigeria very frustrating. I am not alone in this. There are many Nigerians abroad. As you know, the brain drain is just incredible. And when we talk to one another and there is a certain sense of frustration and but I struggle not to let the frustration degenerate into dispair.
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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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I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly with something that was called genocide in those days.
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It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.
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If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses.
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Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.
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I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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