Much like authors, filmmakers are necessary in creating and archiving the culture of a community. Films and books are necessary in remembering history, as well as in educating people outside of the community.

Achebe’s first two novels, Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease, both talk about the colonization of Nigeria and was intended to be one long novel.

More than an author, Booker T. Washington is an educator, pioneer, spokesperson, and champion of the African American community in the early 20th century.