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Chinua Achebe, literary icon and author of 'Things Fall Apart,' dies at 82
Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe has died at the age 82. For Nigerians, Achebe was a national treasure. He was the first African writer to attract international acclaim, and an outspoken leader with far-reaching influence on both
Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian writer who died on Thursday at 82, spent his life thinking deeply about his home country, Nigeria. After moving to the United States in 1990, he still kept a close eye on Nigeria and offered strong opinions about its
(CNN) — Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, a literary icon whose 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart" captured the world's attention, has died, his publisher said. He was 82. An author of more than 20 books, he was celebrated worldwide for telling African
Taking the Irish poet WB Yeats's despairing statement of destruction – things fall apart – for its title, Chinua Achebe's first novel was a hunch of what was to come in Nigeria during the aim of the colonial occupations and their aftermath. It
Tributes are pouring in from around the world following the passing on of perhaps Nigeria's greatest ever writer. Chinualumogu Albert Achebe died last night, aged 82. Why was Chinua Achebe so readable and Wole Soyinka nearly inscrutable? The former
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