The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that it's this or maybe that - you have just one large statement; it is this.

Quote by Chinua Achebe

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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from...

Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from...

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th...

Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th...

Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which...

They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which...

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

The only thing we have learnt from experience is that we learn nothing from experience.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair.

In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had...

In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had...

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our...

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our...

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him,...

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him,...

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or...

Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or...