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No Longer at Ease

A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe’s The African Trilogy When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart returns to Nigeria

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“A person who has not secured a place on the floor should not begin to look for a mat.”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

Tagged: Planning, preparation

“Four years in England had filled Obi with a longing to be back in Umuofia. This feeling was sometimes so strong that he found himself feeling ashamed of studying English for his degree. He spoke Ibo whenever he had the least opportunity of doing so. Nothing gave him greater pleasure than to find ano…”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

Tagged: England, Umuofia, english, Ibo, Nigeria

“When a coward sees a man he can beat he becomes hungry for a fight.”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

Tagged: coward, Predator

“Women and music should not be dated.”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

Tagged: Women, Music, Ageism

“The impatient idealist says: 'Give me a place to stand and I shall move the earth.' But such a place does not exist. We all have to stand on the earth itself and go with her at her pace.”

— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com

Tagged: impatient, Idealist, Realism