UNTIL LIONS HAVE THEIR OWN HISTORIANS
“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter…” - Chinua Achebe Discuss this Quote: March 30th, 2009 by Marina S. This quote is saying that the people who write the history are bias. The people who record history make themselves sound like the “good guys”. Therefore, the lions will be portrayed as the “bad guys”. Since the Europeans recorded their history before the people of Africa, they will be potrayed as better than the Africans. The things that the Europeans do to the Africans will be considered good things, trying to help him. Quote March 30th, 2009 by Grace R. “until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” Lions stand for the natives, while the hunters stand for for the european conquerers. This quote means that until the natives’ point of view is a part of history, the european point of view will be the one that is counted as accurate. If no one document...