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1. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-africa-21896414Chinua Achebe: Obituary of Nigeria's renowned author - BBC

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   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 ...

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2. www.today.com › popculture › nigerian-author-chinuaNigerian author Chinua Achebe dies at 82 - TODAY

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   Mar 22, 2013 · Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist and poet whose 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart" addressed the effects of colonialism on African society, has died. He was 82.Achebe died following a brief ...

3. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-africa-21898664Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies - BBC News

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   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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5. www.apnews.com › article › 1f1279f7dda44701a67d760fChinua Achebe, celebrated Nigerian novelist, dies | AP News

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   Mar 22, 2013 · Centuries of being defined by the West were about to end, a transformation led by Achebe, who continued for decades to rewrite and reclaim the history of his native country. Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident, died at age 82 in Boston on Thursday after a brief illness.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2013/03/23 › worldChinua Achebe, Nigerian Writer, Dies at 82 - The New York Times

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   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 ...

7. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › p015sh93The death of Chinua Achebe - BBC

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   Mar 22, 2013 · The death of Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe obit; Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate; Show more. The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna ...

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   How did Chinua Achebe die?

   • According to Africa’s Premium Times, Chinua Achebe died on Thursday night at a hospital in Boston. A source close to the family said he died from an undisclosed illness. His literary agent, Andrew Wylie, released a statement regarding the author’s sudden passing:

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   Who was Chinua Achebe?

   • 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 aftermath, as well as political corruption and attempts to introduce democratic reforms.

   Chinua Achebe: Obituary of Nigeria's renowned author - BBC

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   What happened to Chinua Achebe son?

   • On March 22, 1990, Chinua Achebe, his son Ikechukwu, and a driver were involved in a car accident that damaged Chinua’s spine and permanently confined him to a wheelchair. His son and the driver sustained minor injuries. Currently, Achebe teaches at Brown University and lives with his wife in Providence, Rhode Island.

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   What did Chinua Achebe write?

   • He wrote about the effects of colonialism and its aftermath, as well as political corruption and attempts to introduce democratic reforms. Born in 1930, he has often been referred to as the founding father of African literature in English. Chinua Achebe said that any good story or any good novel should have a message and a purpose.

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   Why did Achebe leave Nigeria?

   • After a car crash in 1990 which left him partially paralysed and in a wheel chair, Achebe moved to live in the US - only returning to Nigeria infrequently. But he continued to write and his novels, poems and essays and in his later years he was an outspoken critic of the Nigerian government.

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   Why did Chinua Achebe write Things Fall Apart?

   • Chinua Achebe said that any good story or any good novel should have a message and a purpose. His first novel - the groundbreaking Things Fall Apart, published in 1958 - dealt with the clash between Western and traditional African values - and how traditional norms and values had been undermined.

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9. www.today.com › news › grandfather-africanGrandfather of African literature, Chinua Achebe, dies aged 82

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   Mar 22, 2013 · LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely seen as the grandfather of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82.