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Chinua Achebe

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The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

Chinua Achebe

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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.

Chinua Achebe

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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.

Chinua Achebe

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In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest—without asking to be paid.

Chinua Achebe

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What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

Chinua Achebe

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When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don’t just turn it off one day.

Chinua Achebe

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