Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
If you have leaders who are prepared to incite group against group it is very easy to manufacture reasons and excuses. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership, — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I think Africa is slowly learning - and painfully - that importance of insisting on responsible leadership. It will come eventually, and… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“direction, towards a world of bad systems, bad leadership, and bad followership. The question then is, How do we redirect our steps… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
A good leader for instance is somebody like Nelson Mandela. I do not have seen such people coming every generation, maybe every… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Good leaders, competent leaders must see it as primary task to create friendliness. This something within the scope of most people. Now… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian land or… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
What really worries me is that those who are in positions of power are not really affected by what we are writing. In the moral dialogue you want to start, you really want to involve the leaders. People ask me: "Why were you so bold as to publish A Man of the People? How did you think the Government was… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share
If I say look unless you change your leaders I will not give you any aid, you are likely to have people… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Most writers who are beginners, if they are honest with themselves, will admit that they are praying for a readership as they… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“In such a regime, I say you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murdered… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“Do not despair. I know you will not despair. You have a manly and a proud heart. A proud heart can survive a general… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
My son even if you want to fall, at least fall where your bones can be gathered — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“And so Mr. Brown came to be respected even by the clan, because he trod softly on its faith.” — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others is also making it for himself.” — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
In fact, I thought that Christianity was very a good and a very valuable thing for us. But after a while, I began to… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I find Nigeria very frustrating. I am not alone in this. There are many Nigerians abroad. As you know, the brain drain is just… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I do not actually see how art, literature can be anything other that being in that domain of trying to tell us, trying to… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays,… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane. H. P. LOVECRAFT, attributed, Telling It Like It Is Dancing is very important nowadays.… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
