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Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82
Chinua Achebe, who died in Boston today at the age of eighty-two, was a hardly any weeks shy of thirty years ancient when Nigeria was granted independence from the British Empire, on October 1, 1960, and he was already acclaimed,.
Chinualumogu Albert Achebe died last night aged 82. Why was Chinua Achebe so readable and Wole Soyinka nearly inscrutable? The former was a writer, a storyteller — the latter is a poet who just happens to write.
Ifeanyi_Urigwe March 22, 2013 19:49 Achebe, the man whose facility thought us all how to look into and write. You clarified my Igbo culture and landscape like no other. The inspiration I drew from you and other fantastic writers from our continent inspired my work
Award-winning author Chinua Achebe, sometimes described as the grandfather of modern African literature, died this week at age 82. Host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton in Lagos, Nigeria. Share. Facebook; Twitter; Email · Comment
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist and poet whose 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart" addressed the effects of colonialism on African the upper classes, has died. He was 82. Achebe died subsequent a brief illness, his literary agent, Andrew Wylie, said Friday. He
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