Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays, 2012
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Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic, widely regarded as one of the founding figures of African literature in English. He is best known for his debut novel "Things Fall Apart" (1958), which has been translated into numerous languages and is considered a classic of world literature, portraying the impact of colonialism in Africa from an African perspective.
1930–2013·lived 82 years
Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him.Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays, 2012
I don't care about age very much. I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.
One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.The Trouble with Nigeria, p. 45, 1983
The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.
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