Chinua Achebe returns home for only the 2nd time in 20 years


...More than 2,000 people turned out to listen to him.
He spoke to them in a slow, gentle but strong voice. His message was clear. He is deeply disappointed at how little Nigeria has achieved since independence.
His generation struggled for freedom, but "we don't seem to have the receipt", he says.
Nigerians must "overcome that miseducation that we received under colonial rule... and celebrate our lives".
He believes that Africans must not reject their own culture but look to their past to discover values that will enable Africa to develop now. ( more )
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