Maxioms by Chinua Achebe
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and read more
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.
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.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this read more
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.
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what read more
People go to Africa and confirm what they already have in their heads and so they fail to see what is there in front of them. This is what people have come to expect. It's not viewed as a serious continent. It's a place of strange, bizarre and illogical things, where people don't do what common sense demands.
