What was Chinua Achebe's stance on the use of English by African writers?
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Correct answer: He believed English could be 'fashioned' to carry the weight of African experience
Unlike Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected English, Achebe believed that the English language could be modified and infused with African rhythms and idioms to create a new, hybrid form of expression that reached a global audience.
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