Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Chinua Achebe, formally Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe
Nigerian Writer, Novelist, Poet, Professor and Critic
"After a war life catches desperately at passing hints of normalcy like vines entwining a hollow twig."
"As long as one people sit on another and are deaf to their cry, so long will understanding and peace elude all of us."
"Creation is a continuing process... One meaning of our life, then, is the opportunity and challenge it presents to us for participation in the continuous process of creation - through discussion and cooperative work rather than conflict."