Chinua Achebe Frasi e Citazioni
Chinua Achebe: Frasi in inglese
Origine: Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays
“As a man danced so the drums were beaten for him.”
Origine: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 22 (p. 170)
“There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.”
Origine: There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
Quoted by Kalu Ogbaa, Understanding Things Fall Apart (1999), Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-30294-7.
“A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.”
Origine: No Longer at Ease (1960), Chapter 1 (p. 17)
“If one finger brings oil it soils the others.”
Origine: No Longer at Ease (1960), Chapter 7 (p. 75)
“Whenever you see a toad jumping in broad daylight, then know that something is after its life.”
Origine: Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 24 (p. 186)
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