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The land of the living was not far removed from the domain of the ancestors. There was coming and going between them, especially at festivals and also when an old man died, because an old man was very close to the ancestors. A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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May good confront the man on top and the man below. But let him who is jealous of another's position choke with his envy.
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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.
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A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
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Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.
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Chinua Achebe
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Born:
November 16, 1930
Died:
March 21, 2013
(aged 82)
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