Memorial program

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“A writer in whose company the prison walls fell down.” —Nelson Mandela

“... Let me say that I do think decency and civilization would insist that the writer take sides with the powerless. Clearly, there’s no moral obligation to write in any particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless. I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his powerless subjects.” — Chinua Achebe

Celebrating the Life of

Chinua Achebe A LIFE OF PURPOSE november 16, 1930–march 21, 2013


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