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1. 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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     An Evening with Chinua Achebe

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     Achebe Discusses Africa 50 Years After 'Things Fall Apart'

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     African literary giant Chinua Achebe dies aged 82

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     Chinua Achebe Interview

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     Remembering Nigerian author Chinua Achebe

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     Eulogies For Chinua Achebe As He Is Laid To Rest

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     Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies

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     Chinua Achebe: 1930-2013

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     The Voter (Chinua Achebe) Short film

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3. 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 ...

4. 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.

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.pbs.org › newshour › artsRemembering Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe | PBS News

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   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 ...

7. www.bbc.com › culture › articleWas Chinua Achebe Africa’s most influential author? - BBC

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   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. When the legendary Nigerian novelist Chinua ...

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   Is Chinua Achebe still alive?

   • RM D52X9A – Mar 21, 2013 - FILE - Chinua Achebe, born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, November 16 1930 - March 21, 2013, has died at 82 following a brief illness. Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic.

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   • RM D52AR1 – FILE - Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe was in Frankfurt Main, Germany on 12 October 2002. RM EKY2G7 – The front cover of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe was photographed against a black background. Chinua Achebe died in the night from the 21 to the 22 March 2013 in a hospital in Boston, USA.

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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.

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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 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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   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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9. www.bbc.co.uk › programmes › m000v2snBBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist

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   Apr 13, 2021 · Show more Yasmin Alibhai-Brown picks Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, the author of Things Fall Apart. With archive contributions from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Chinua Achebe himself.