Chinua Achebe Quotes

11 quotes from 11 authors

A concise gathering of eleven voices, each touching on Chinua Achebe’s lasting impact on storytelling and cultural identity. Though the list is brief, it offers a glimpse into how writers and critics perceive his work. Readers curious about this often turn to African Literature, Postcolonial Voices, and Literary Inspiration for deeper dives.

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When I was a child, there were two Nigerian writers in every bookshop: Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka.

Ayobami Adebayo

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Because of writers like Chinua Achebe and Camara Laye … I realized that people like me, girls with skin the color of…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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“Our masterpieces are Shakespeare and Jane Austen and griots and Murasaki Shikibu, but they’re also J.K. Rowling and Chuck Palahnuik and Douglas…

Beth Revis

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My books are often shelved around those of Chinua Achebe and Margaret Atwood, or Chimamanda Adichie and Monica Ali. All of this…

Chris Abani

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In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was…

Mos Def

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Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination.…

Uzodinma Iweala

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“The English major is, first of all, a reader. She's got a book pup-tented in front of her nose many hours a…

Mark Edmundson

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How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.' Is that a Luo expression?' I…

Barack Obama

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“Dear Delphine, When you are older I want you to find Chinua Achebe. I want you to read Things Fall Apart. Don't…

Rita Williams-Garcia

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“When asked if he had a special feeling for books, critic-turned-filmmaker Francois Truffaut answered, "No. I love them and films equally, but…

Alexis Krasilovsky

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“When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of…

Chinua Achebe

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