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Chinua Achebe Quotes:

Ocupation: Novelist

Life: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013

Birthday: November 16

Death: March 21

The world is large,” said Okonkwo. “I have even heard that in some tribes a man’s children belong to his wife and her family.” “That cannot be,” said Machi. “You might as well say that the woman lies on top of the man when they are making the babies.

- Chinua Achebe

source: Chinua Achebe (2009). “Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism”, W W Norton & Company Incorporated

topic: Baby, Children, Lying, Okonkwo, Lying Men, Women Lie, Things Fall Apart Okonkwo

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