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  1. The acclaimed Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died at the age of eighty-two. A statement released on behalf of his family described Chinua Achebe as one o...

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    • BBC News Africa
  2. Mar 23, 2013 · "A great tree has fallen." -Corey D.B. Walker, chair of Africana studiesChinua Achebe, the David and Marianna Fisher University professor and professor of Af...

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    • Brown University
  3. May 23, 2013 · Images of the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March in the US and whose body has now returned to his homeland.

  4. Mar 22, 2013 · 22 March 2013. Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was revered throughout the world for his depiction of life in Africa. He wrote about the effects of colonialism and its ...

  5. Chinua Achebe, the grandfather of African literature, dies aged 82; Aminatta Forna interview SOT - Achebe wrote "Things Fall Apart" in response to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" which he thought...

  6. Mar 22, 2013 · 22 March 2013. Bilkisu Labaran, from the BBC's Focus on Africa programme, talks about the influence of Chinua Achebe. Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82 after a brief ...

  7. Mar 22, 2013 · Achebe obituary Susan Houlton (dpa, Reuters, AFP) 03/22/2013 March 22, 2013 Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe has died in the United States at the age of 82. He is widely regarded as the grandfather ...