What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an...

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.

There Was a Country: A Memoir (ed. Penguin, 2012) - ISBN: 9781101595985

Chinua Achebe Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...