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Catherine Obianuju Acholonu

“Yes, the gods knew what they were doing. They always joined together in marriage people of opposing qualities and thus ensured harmony.”
- Catherine Obianuju Acholonu,
- "Mother Was a Great Man," in Charlotte H. Bruner, ed., African Women's Writing (1993)

Catherine Obianuju Acholonu, Nigerian writer, poet, editor, educator

(1951)