Chinua Achebe

The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity read more

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.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's read more

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.

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in read more

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we read more

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.