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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.”

Quote by Chinua Achebe

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Nigerian novelist, poet, literary critic, widely regarded as one of the greatest African writers of the 20th century. Chinua Achebe is known for his profound insights into colonialism and African culture, with works such as 'Things Fall Apart' and 'Arrow of God'. more

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“I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.”

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“I teach literature. That's easy for me. Take someone else's work and talk about it.”

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“I think dialects should be left alone. People should write in whatever dialect they feel they want to write. In the fullness of time, these dialects will sort themselves out.”

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“If someone said, I want to translate your novel into Igbo, I would say, Go ahead. But when I write in the Igbo language, I write my own dialect. I write some poetry in that dialect.”

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“This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity.”

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“I don't praise my people. I am their greatest critic.”

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“Art should be on the side of humanity.”

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