That we are surrounded by deep mysteries is known to all but the incurably ignorant.
Chinua AchebeProcrastination is a lazy man's apology.
Chinua AchebeAge was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.
Chinua AchebeTags: achievement meritocracy
What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.
Chinua AchebeTags: african-literature
There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.
Chinua AchebeIn my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.
Chinua AchebeThe triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into unfamiliar territory, walking in borrowed literary shoes so to speak, toward a deeper understanding of self or society, or of foreign peoples, cultures, and situations.
Chinua AchebeWhen 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 AchebeA man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.
Chinua AchebeTags: humanity
Among the Ibo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
Chinua AchebeTags: africa conversation nigeria
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