Chinua Achebe Quotes

Nigeria, Novelist
November 16, 1930 – March, 21, 2013.

Chinua Achebe (/ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe, 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart (1958), often considered his best, is the most widely read book in modern African literature. He won the Man Booker International Prize in 2007.

Also known as Poet, Professor, Critic

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

Chinua Achebe
- Integrity
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

Chinua Achebe
- People

After such treatment it would think twice before coming again, unless it was one of the stubborn ones who returned, carrying the stamp of their mutilation-a missing finger or perhaps a dark line where the medicine man's razor had cut them.

Chinua Achebe
- Dark
- Missing
I don't care about age very much.

Chinua Achebe
- Age
If one finger brings oil it soils the others.

Chinua Achebe