Age was respected among his people but achievement was revered. As the elders said if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.
Chinua Achebe
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When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
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My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was an evangelist, a religious teacher. He and my mother traveled for thirty-five years to different parts of Igboland, spreading the gospel.
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