Chinua Achebe Quotes
When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched battles in different places, and set up their administrations, the men surrendered. And it was the women who led the first revolt. - Chinua Achebe
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.
- Chinua Achebe
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
- Chinua Achebe
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands.
- Chinua Achebe
When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day.
- Chinua Achebe
What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's a waste of time.
- Chinua Achebe
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.
- Chinua Achebe
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit.
- Chinua Achebe
The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; It is this.
- Chinua Achebe
The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you don't always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse!
- Chinua Achebe
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