![]() ![]() It is often cited as the most read book in modern African literature and has sold more than 12 million copies.Īchebe also was an essayist and an outspoken critic of successive Nigerian governments, poor leadership and institutionalised corruption. Achebe's masterpiece has graced countless school and college syllabuses and is translated into fifty languages worldwide. ![]() Quoting his publisher, AP, CNN, and the BBC are reporting Chinua Achebe has died.Ĭhinua Achebe who taught at colleges in the United States made literary history with his 1958 best-seller Things Fall Apart, a sobering tale about Nigeria at the beginning of its colonization.Īchebe, 82, played a critical role in establishing post-colonial African literature and is known to students all over the continent for his seminal novel, Things Fall Apart. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports from Lagos, Nigeria, on the death of one of Africa's greatest contemporary writers. ![]()
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