Chinua Achebe

People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that's the time to do something about it, not when it's around your neck. ”

I don't care about age very much. ”

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of free election. You tend to lose the habit. ”

Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively. ”