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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 was the absence of the African voice. Being part of that dialogue meant not only sitting at the…](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/)

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