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

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   Mar 22, 2013 · March 22, 2013, 5:11 AM PDT. By Eun Kyung Kim, TODAY contributor. Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist and poet whose 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart" addressed the effects of colonialism on African ...

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3. www.today.com › news › grandfather-africanGrandfather of African literature, Chinua Achebe ... - TODAY

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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.

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. www.bbc.co.uk › news › in-pictures-22646370In pictures: Chinua Achebe funeral in Nigeria - BBC News

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   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.

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

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   Mar 22, 2013 · NEW YORK (AP) — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in "Things Fall Apart." Africans, the Nigerian author announced more than 50 years ago, had their own history, their own celebrities and reputations. Centuries of being defined by the West were ...

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   When did Chinua Achebe pass away?

   • Chinua Achebe died in the night from the 21 to the 22 March 2013 in a hospital in Boston, USA. RM F5629H – A paperback copy of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. First published in 1958. RM D52APW – FILE - An archive picture dated 12 October 2002 shows Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe in Frankfurt Main, Germany.

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   What is Chinua Achebe best known for?

   • This novel is widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first African novels written in English to receive global critical acclaim. Chinua Achebe put African literature on the map with his first novel, Things Fall Apart.

   Critical Analysis of "The Things Fall Apart"

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   Where did Chinua Achebe grow up?

   • Chinua Achebe was born and raised in the Igbo region of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria with five siblings. The Nigerian native excelled in his education and went to University College in Nigeria, studying English, history and theology.

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   How many copies of Chinua Achebe are there?

   • Worldwide, there are eight million copies in print in fifty different languages. This is Chinua Achebe’s masterpiece and it is often compared to the great Greek tragedies, and currently sells more than one hundred thousand copies a year in the United States.

   Chinua Achebe: “One of the great intellectual and ethical figures of

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   Who is C Hinua Achebe?

   • C hinua Achebe is unquestionably one of the outstanding and best-known writers to have emerged from colonial and independent Africa. He is a social critic and political activist of an egalitarian bent. As a writer, he has many novels and nonfiction works to his credit, the most famous of which is Things Fall Apart.

   Chinua Achebe: “One of the great intellectual and ethical figures of

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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.worldliteraturetoday.org › blog › literaryChinua Achebe: “One of the great intellectual and ethical ...

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   Mar 23, 2013 · Achebe was a candidate for the Neustadt Prize in 1994 and 2004, and was a member of the Neustadt jury in 1974. His most recent book, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, is reviewed in the current issue of WLT and available to read on the WLT website. Neustadt Prize Nominating Statement for Chinua Achebe. by Gabriel Okara