African Emigrants Magazine. November. 2020. Issue 2

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CHINUA ACHEBE
NIGERIAN
"A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast
does not do so to save them from
starving. They all have food in their own
homes. When we gather together in the
moonlit village ground it is not because
of the moon. Every man can see it in his
own compound. We come together
because it is good for kinsmen to do
so.Chinua Achebe."
"If you don't like someone's story, write
your own."
"We cannot trample upon the
humanity of others without
devaluing our own. The Igbo, always
practical, put it concretely in their
proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe
ya: 'He who will hold another down
in the mud must stay in the mud to
keep him down."
"While we do our good works let us
not forget that the real solution lies
in a world in which charity will have
become unnecessary."