"A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do
so to save them from starving. They all have food in
their own homes. When we gather together in the
moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon.
Every man can see it in his own compound. We come
together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.". CHINUA ACHEBE

when ask if he was to combine all his first three books together what will be the topic, he answered.... ''When the arrow of God is no longer at ease, things fall apart''

I don't know

"There was a Country"

Brb...

Let's not celebrate a bigot, plz

"You see we, the little people of the world, are ever expendable" - Achebe

“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.” - Chinua Achebe, RIP.

things fall apart the centre cannot hold mere anarchy fall upon the wall

Ademab: things fall apart the centre cannot hold mere anarchy fall upon the wall

It's 'mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.'. And it's not a quote from Achebe. It's from 'The Second Coming', a poem by Yeats.

AjanleKoko:

It's 'mere anarchy is loosed upon that land.'. And it's not a quote from Achebe. It's from T.S. Eliot's 'The Journey of the Magi'.

Yeah you are correct. I think that was where he got the title of the book... Things Fall Apart.

eagle,eye:

Yeah you are correct. I think that was where he got the title of the book... Things Fall Apart.

Edited above.
Even I got my first post wrong.

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
Chinua Achebe

AjanleKoko:

Edited above.
Even I got my first post wrong.

ok. but he got the title of his book from the original owners of that quote.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
Chinua Achebe

A man does not live by the river, yet wash his hand with spittle - Chike and the River.

Yoruba_Omoge: Let's not celebrate a bigot, plz

Am not yoruba, and am certainly not igbo, but respect is earned, and this man has certainly earned the respect of people from all over the world.
J̶̲̥̅̊u̶̲̥̅̊S̤̥̈̊τ̲̣̣̥ because a man has a contrary view to yours doesn't mean his life shouldn't be celebrated.
That's why I like the olden Chinese, and the way of the samurai...even sworn and bitter enemy's had RESPECT for each other.

BTW #it takes a bigot to know
another bigot

"Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!” - Chinua Achebe #RIPAchebe

"[Because] men have learned to shoot without
missing, [Eneke the bird] has learned to fly without
perching."

1 of the truest test of intergrity is its blunt refusal to compromise.chinua achebe

....an she greeted in daring assault of counterfit affababilty. Man of the people by Chinua achebe

When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk

the damage done in 1 year can take sometimes 20 years to repair.

the damage done in 1 year can take sometimes 20 years to repair.chinua achebe

"If you don't like someone's story, you write your own." #Chinua Achebe

“We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo put it concretely in their proverb "Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.” - Chinua Achebe

If you don't like someone's story, you write your own." #Chinua Achebe

If you don't like my story write your own!