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Chinua Achebe (/ ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ / ⓘ; born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe; 16 November 1930 – 21 March 2013) was a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and ...
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 ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Achebe’s books of essays include Morning Yet on Creation Day (1975), Hopes and Impediments (1988), Home and Exile (2000), The Education of a British-Protected Child (2009), and the autobiographical There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012). In 2007 he won the Man Booker International Prize.
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- Chinua Achebe was raised in Ogidi, Nigeria. He was born into the Igbo tribe, one of the country’s three major tribal groups. Ogidi was a focal poin...
- Chinua Achebe is most famous for his novel Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, which tells the story of an Igbo village’s reaction to British mis...
- Chinua Achebe’s work grappled with the reality of British imperialism’s effect on Nigerian traditions and customs. He discussed in frank terms the...
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 ...
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 ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · All address the issue of traditional ways of life coming into conflict with new, often colonial, points of view. ... Death. Achebe died on March 21, 2013, at the age of 82, in Boston ...
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Mar 22, 2013 · Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author, activist, and teacher, has died at 82 following a brief illness. Achebe graduated from the University College of Ibadan, in 1953 and afterward worked as a ...
