Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

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  Writer Chinua Achebe honored in Nigeria funeral

  Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, never fearing to criticize those he felt ruined his ... 

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  AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

  Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time 

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  Adichie focuses on Nigeria's present for new novel

  The traffic is there, grinding life to a halt as the middle class pound out messages on BlackBerry mobile phones and worry about Facebook. The heat, ... 

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  Achebe inspired generations of Nigerian writers

  Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe's groundbreaking novel "Things Fall Apart." She ... 

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  Chinua Achebe, author of 'Things Fall Apart,' dies

  The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and ... 

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  10 finalists named for international Booker prize

  American author Marilynne Robinson, Israel's Aharon Appelfeld and China's Yan Lianke are among 10 finalists for the Man Booker International Prize for ... 

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  Playwright Anna Deavere Smith wins Gish Prize

  Anna Deavere Smith has won one of the largest and most prestigious awards in the arts. The committee that awards the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize ...