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Chinua Achebe on History

1930–2013 Nigeria

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Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.

Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.

There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012)

People from different parts of the world can respond to the same story if it says something to them about their own history and their own experience.

There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chinua Achebe (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.