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The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high.
Chinua Achebe
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"The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high."
— Chinua Achebe

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The people you see in Nigeria today have always lived as neighbors in the same space for as long as we can remember. So it's a matter of settling down, lowering the rhetoric, the level of hostility in the rhetoric is too high. — Chinua Achebe

About Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe was a Writer from Colonial Nigeria (1930–2013).

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This quote is attributed to Chinua Achebe, a Writer from Colonial Nigeria.
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Chinua Achebe lived from 1930 – 2013.