In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to feel that the story that I was told about this religion wasn't perhaps completely whole, that something was left out. Chinua Achebe beginchristianitycompletely share on social
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel. Chinua Achebe christianityconvertearly share on social
What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender. Chinua Achebe citizencountryethnicity Change image and share on social
Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be. Chinua Achebe leadernigera Change image and share on social
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects. That's different from prescribing a way in which a writer should write. Chinua Achebe artistdefinitionemperor share on social
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. Chinua Achebe beginencounterland Change image and share on social
My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don't see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity. Chinua Achebe artcallexist Change image and share on social
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience. Chinua Achebe experiencelearnthing Change image and share on social
The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high. Chinua Achebe highhostilitylevel share on social
Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. Chinua Achebe countryleavepresident Change image and share on social
