Language Quote by Chinua Achebe

Writing in African languages became a topic of discussion in conferences, in schools, in classrooms; the issue is always being raised - so it's…

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an audience beyond…

— Ngugi wa Thiong'o

I realized that you cannot think European and want to write or create something African. You have to think African in everything.

— Fela Kuti

The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. The African writer should aim to…

— Chinua Achebe

Writing is not a special language that belongs to a few sensitive souls who have a 'gift for words'. Writing is the logical arrangement…

— William Zinsser

Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and…

— Giles Foden

“Christianity,” Jones wrote, “encourages and orders” African people “to become more humble and better servants.” They should not learn to read and write, though.…

— Ibram X. Kendi

I, too, am interested in identity and Islam, which is what people expect of us. But one must not write what is expected. It's…

— Leila Slimani

African narratives in the West, they proliferate. I really don't care anymore. I'm more interested in the stories we tell about ourselves - how,…

— Chris Abani

To me, writing is a considered act. It's something which is a great labor of thought and consideration.

— Paul Theroux

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

— Irvine Welsh

I can read more languages than I speak! I speak French and Italian - not very well, alas, but I can get by. I…

— Alexander McCall Smith