How the Leopard Got His Claws is a fable by Chinua Achebe and John Iroaganachi. It also features poems by Christopher Okigbo. The story reflects the secession and return of Biafra as part of Nigeria in the late 1960s. First published by Nwamife Publications in Enugu, Nigeria in 1972, it was re-illustrated by Mary GrandPré, and released by Candlewick Press in 2011.