Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Quote

They also found a burial chamber, didn’t they?’ Richard asked. ‘Yes.’ ‘Do you think it was used by the king?’ Pa Anozie gave Richard a long, pained look and mumbled something for a while, looking grieved. Emeka laughed before he translated. ‘Papa said he thought you were among the white people who know something. He said the people of Igboland do not know what a king is. We have priests and elders. The burial place was maybe for a priest. But the priest does not suffer people like king. It is because the white man gave us warrant chiefs that foolish men are calling themselves kings today.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

They also found a burial chamber, didn’t they?’ Richard asked. ‘Yes.’ ‘Do you think it was used by the king?’ Pa Anozie gave Richard a long, pained look and mumbled something for a while, looking grieved. Emeka laughed before he translated. ‘Papa said he thought you were among the white people who know something. He said the people of Igboland do not know what a king is. We have priests and elders. The burial place was maybe for a priest. But the priest does not suffer people like king. It is because the white man gave us warrant chiefs that foolish men are calling themselves kings today.

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