A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself. Chinua Achebe makemantrouble Change image and share on social
Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room. Chinua Achebe expectfellowfull share on social
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. Chinua Achebe mouthpeoplespeak Change image and share on social
The last four or five hundred years of European contact with Africa produced a body of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for this had to do with the need to justify the slave trade and slavery. Chinua Achebe africaafricanbad 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
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
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. Chinua Achebe createpeoplestory 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
I've had trouble now and again in Nigeria because I have spoken up about the mistreatment of factions in the country because of difference in religion. These are things we should put behind us. Chinua Achebe countrydifferencefaction Change image and share on social
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. Chinua Achebe artconstantcreate Change image and share on social