Chinua Achebe Quotes about Humanity

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We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n'ani ji onwe ya: 'He who will hold another down in the mud must stay in the mud to keep him down.'

Chinua Achebe

Thought Provoking, Humanity, Mud

FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from Jul 28, 2012

We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own.

Chinua Achebe

Humanity

Chinua Achebe (2011). “The Education of a British-Protected Child”, p.143, Penguin UK

Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict.

Chinua Achebe

Art, Humanity, Serious

My position is that serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict. I don’t see how art can be called art if its purpose is to frustrate humanity. To make humanity uncomfortable, yes. But intrinsically to be against humanity, that I don’t take.

Chinua Achebe

Art, Humanity, Purpose