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Anthills of the Savannah

Name: Anthills of the Savannah
Author: Chinua Achebe

Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. It was his fifth novel, first published in the United Kingdom 21 years after Achebe's previous one , and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain". A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, Anthills of the Savannah has been described as the "most important novel to come out of Africa in the [1980s]". Critics praised the novel upon its release.

“While we do our good works let us not forget that the real solution lies in a world in which charity will have become unnecessary.”

Chinua Achebe book Anthills of the Savannah

Source: Anthills of the Savannah

“Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit -- in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.”

Chinua Achebe book Anthills of the Savannah

Source: Anthills of the Savannah

“Writers don't give prescriptions. They give headaches!”

Chinua Achebe book Anthills of the Savannah

Source: Anthills of the Savannah

“Charity… is the opium of the privileged.”

Chinua Achebe book Anthills of the Savannah

Source: Anthills of the Savannah