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A kinsman in trouble had to be saved, not blamed; anger against a brother was felt in the flesh, not in the bone.

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The Igbo people say, If you want to see it well, you must not stand in one place.

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Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe
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Born: November 16, 1930
Died: March 21, 2013 (aged 82)
Bio: Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart was considered his magnum opus, and is the most widely read book in modern African literature.
Known for:
  1. Things Fall Apart (1958)
  2. No Longer at Ease (1960)
  3. Arrow of God (1964)
  4. Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
  5. A Man of the People (1966)
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