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A Man Who Pays Respect To The Great Paves The Way For His Own Greatness
-Chinua Achebe
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A Man Who Pays Respect To The
Chinua Achebe
A Man Who Pays Respect To The Great Paves The Way For His Own Greatness
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We Live In A Society That Is In Transition From Oral To Written. There Are Oral Stories That Are Still There, Not Exactly In Their Full Magnificence, But Still Strong In Their Differentness From Written Stories. Each Mode Has Its Ways And Methods And Rules. They Can Reinforce Each Other; This Is The Advantage My Generation Has - We Can Bring To The Written Story Something Of That Energy Of The Story Told By Word Of Mouth.
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