Tag: Chinua Achebe
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Chinua Achebe was my hero. | Tribute
Chinua Achebe was my hero. As a second generation Nigerian immigrant growing up in England, role models who I could genuinely identify with were few and far between – especially in the 1980s, when it was still a big deal to see a black face on TV. So much so that we’d receive phone calls…
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Acclaimed novelist Chinua Achebe author of ‘Things Fall Apart’ dies aged 82 | News
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author recognised as the father of modern African literature has died, aged 82. African papers first reported the news; with an unnamed source stating that his death followed a period of illness and a hospital stay. His British publisher Penguin Books later confirmed his passing and Simon Winder, the company’s publishing…