African Quotes About Literature
10 African sayings about literature — 10 quotes.
About these literature sayings
Every saying in the archive filed under literature: 10 quotes. None of them carries a written explanation yet — the meanings are being written over time.
They come from Egypt (7) and Nigeria (2).
Named writers and speakers on this subject include Naguib Mahfouz (7), Chinua Achebe (2) and Anne Nasimiyu Wasike (1).
A few from this collection:
- An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
- Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
- Without literature my life would be miserable.
Sayings here often sit under other subjects too — most often Education, Hard Work, Art and Wisdom.
Or see every subject in the archive.