Osumanu Iddrisu

“What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was to challenge stereotypes, myths, and the image of ourselves and our continent, and to recast them through stories- prose, poetry, essays, and books for our children. That was my overall goal.”
― Chinua Achebe, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

“...stories are not always innocent;...they can be used to put you in the wrong crowd, in the party of the man who has come to dispossess you.”
― Chinua Achebe

“In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint.”
― Chinua Achebe, There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

“The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.”

“That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.”
― Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart