Chinua Achebe Quotes About Brothers

Quotes about: Brothers

• The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.

  Chinua Achebe

  Brother, Clever, Fall

  Chinua Achebe (2009). “Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

• When brothers fight to death a stranger inherit their father’s estate

  Chinua Achebe

  Brother, Father, Fighting

• He is a fool who treats his brother worse than a stranger.

  Chinua Achebe

  Brother, Thought Provoking, Fool

  Chinua Achebe (1986). “Arrow of God”, p.94, Heinemann

• A kinsman in trouble had to be saved, not blamed; anger against a brother was felt in the flesh, not in the bone.

  Chinua Achebe

  Brother, Flesh, Bones

  Chinua Achebe (2011). “No Longer at Ease”, p.11, Anchor

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