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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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In January the this year Prof. Chinua Achebe was invited to return to his homeland for the first time in a decade to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of hi...
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Join us on a journey through the remarkable life of Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic whose groundbreaking works, including "...
Feb 17, 2022 · Chinua Achebe was an exemplary Black writer best known for his 1958 novel Things Fall Apart.His short story “Dead Men’s Path” shouldn’t be missed. Born in Nigeria when the country was still a colonial territory of the British Empire, Achebe’s experiences emphasized the need to make space for African voices speaking to African stories.
May 23, 2013 · OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his country. On Thursday, however, the lawmakers and the country's elite came to praise him. Hundreds attended Achebe's funeral among the rolling hills of his eastern Nigeria home, a service that saw President Goodluck ...
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 ...
Nov 24, 2012 · I have met Chinua Achebe only three times. The first, at the National Arts Club in Manhattan, I joined the admiring circle around him. A gentle-faced man in a wheelchair. “Good evening, sir. I ...
