Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)

by Chinua Achebe

among these people a man was judged according to his worth and not according to the worth of his father.

I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others is also making it for himself.’

I have learned that a man who makes trouble for others is also making it for himself.’

You can worship your own god. It is good that a man should worship the gods and the spirits of his fathers.

palavers,

One of the most infuriating habits of these people was their love of superfluous words,