Chinua Achebe Quote

"Let us give them a portion of the Evil Forest. They boast about victory over death. Let us give them a real battlefield in which to show their victory." [...] They offered them as much of the Evil Forest as they cared to take. And to their great amazement the missionaries thanked them and burst into song.


Chapter 17 (p. 139) - Things Fall Apart (1958)


Let us give them a portion of the Evil Forest. They boast about victory over death. Let us give them a real battlefield in which to show their...

Let us give them a portion of the Evil Forest. They boast about victory over death. Let us give them a real battlefield in which to show their...

Let us give them a portion of the Evil Forest. They boast about victory over death. Let us give them a real battlefield in which to show their...

Let us give them a portion of the Evil Forest. They boast about victory over death. Let us give them a real battlefield in which to show their...