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Chinua Achebe
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.”
Chinua Achebe.

Chinua Achebe
“The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.”
Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe
“Privilege, you see, is one of the great adversaries of the imagination; it spreads a thick layer of adipose tissue over our sensitivity.”
Chinua Achebe, Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays

Chinua Achebe
“I believe in the complexity of the human story and that there’s no way you can tell that story in one way and say, This is it. Always there will be someone who can tell it differently depending on where they are standing; the same person telling the story will tell it differently. I think of that masquerade in Igbo festivals that dances in the public arena. The Igbo people say, If you want to see it well, you must not stand in one place. The masquerade is moving through this big arena. Dancing. If you’re rooted to a spot, you miss a lot of the grace. So you keep moving, and this is the way I think the world’s stories should be told—from many different perspectives.”
Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe
“The writer cannot expect to be excused from the task of re-education and re-generation that must be done. In fact, he should march right in front.”
Chinua Achebe, Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays

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