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Story Tellers – “Anthills of the Savannah”. Chinua Achebe 

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Africa, Colonialism, Culture, Writing

‘Why? I hear you ask. Very well … This is why … Because 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. That’s why.’

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