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title: "3 Story African Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Story African quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Story African sayings and thoughts."
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> [Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/writing-has-always-been-a-serious-business-for-me-i-felt-it-was-a/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db3/chinua-achebe-781_absence_writing-has-always-been-a-serious-busine_606566.jpg)

> [The funny thing about cinema is, usually when they do a story that has African Americans in it, there always has to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-brown/the-funny-thing-about-cinema-is-usually-when-they-do-a-story-that-has/)

[Jim Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-brown/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a4/jim-brown-2991_african-american_the-funny-thing-about-cinema-is-usually_921211.png)

> [The story of the African-American people is the story of the settlement and growth of America itself, a universal tale that all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-louis-gates/the-story-of-the-african-american-people-is-the-story-of-the/)

[Henry Louis Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-louis-gates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/henry-louis-gates-2372_african-american_the-story-of-the-african-american-people_2433405.jpg)

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