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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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  2. 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. Images of the funeral of renowned Nigerian author ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Mar 22, 2013 · Arts Mar 22, 2013 2:59 PM EDT. Nigerian novelist, poet, essayist, statesman and dissident Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe emerged upon the literary ...

  5. By Jonathan Kandell. March 22, 2013. Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author and towering man of letters whose internationally acclaimed fiction helped to revive African literature and to rewrite the ...

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

  7. Chinua Achebe, who died last year, left more than books as his legacy. He inspired some of today’s most talented writers, argues Jane Ciabattari. This video is no longer available. When the ...