While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary. - Chinua Achebe

The land of the living was not far removed from the domain of the ancestors. There was coming and going between them, especially at festivals and also when an old man died, because an old man was very close to the ancestors. A man's life from birth to death was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer and nearer to his ancestors.

Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.

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