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Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo
12 quotes
“Bombing the Terrorists with planes from the skies is not enough, we have to go to the source of their sinning souls and bomb them, condemn them and shame them, with all the power of our pens, our computers, our smartphones and our creative works!”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Our writers must continue to educate our people and promote the cause of nation-building by producing powerful, inspiring and enduring works of art.”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“....The prestige African literature enjoys globally today is a result of the ground-breaking work done by Achebe (especially with his Things Fall Apart) and a few other writers like him.”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In a society, a woman should be able to tolerate others, work with others and maintain a very humble attitude towards others but at the same time be herself.”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It reaffirms our belief that excellence transcends form, whether written, spoken, or filmed. The Creative Arts Prize challenges creators to confront truth, explore memory, and translate lived experience into meaningful work. At the same time, the focus on Poetry for The Nigeria Prize for Literature recognises the genre’s enduring role as a tool for reflection, resistance, and social inquiry, with a unique capacity to distil memory and interrogate complex realities”
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Recorded in: Entries open for NLNG-sponsored literature, science, creative arts prizes,Gregory Austin Nwakunor,7 February 2026
“The trauma of insecurity in Nigeria today is a subject that should engage our writers. They need to write about it with the aim of exposing those responsible and shaming them, with the hope that they would change their evil ways”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whether they are Boko Haram terrorists, Killer herdsmen, kidnappers, bandits, armed robbers, unknown gunmen, rapists, cultists or ritual killer, writers should “bomb” them with words and expose their villainy to the public so that they are brought to book and their evil deeds stopped”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“raise their voices against the unprecedented and unspeakable security challenges facing the country at the moment. They should fight with words and not swords”
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“For many years we were dreaming of a time when we would have our own place where we could gather as writers and discuss matters of interest to our association. This is a dream come true. I am glad it is happening in my lifetime. I greet all of you who managed to come to Abuja from far and near with deep affection and great respect. ANA will live long! ANA will become stronger and reunite under one umbrella again”
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“For a very long time, black people were featured in other people’s histories and their cultural productions as sub-humans, irrational beings and people without civilization or history. Africa was regarded as the ‘dark continent”
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (born 1947) first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nigerian writers should ‘bomb’ criminals with words – Prof Adimora-Ezeigbo,Osa Amadi,November 7, 2021
“Every entry will be read thoroughly and assessed against standards that have been carefully built and sustained over time”
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“The winning work becomes more than a prize recipient; it becomes a benchmark”
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Recorded in: Nigeria Prize for Literature records 223 entries as adjudication begins,Emmanuel Muna,April 22, 2026