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Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in

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"Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world"

- Chinua Achebe

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This quote is written / told by Chinua Achebe somewhere between November 16, 1930 and today. He/she was a famous Writer from Nigeria. The author also have 12 other quotes.

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