Our elders say that the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. - Chinua Achebe

Conrad saw and condemned the evil of imperial exploitation but was strangely unaware of the racism on which it sharpened its iron tooth.

The price a world language must be prepared to pay is submission to many different kinds of use. The African writer should aim to use English in a way that brings out his message best without altering the language to the extent that its value as a medium of international exchange will be lost. He should aim at fashioning out an English which is at once universal and able to carry his peculiar experience.

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.