NEW YORK — The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in ...

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He gave literary birth to modern Africa with %27Things Fall Apart%27 Achebe died following a brief illness%2C said his agent%2C Andrew Wylie Achebe helped define revolutionary change in his country ...

He is Nigeria's best-known author and has been called the father of modern African literature. Google chose to commemorate Achebe in its Doodle on Wednesday on what would have been the late author's ...

The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in "Things Fall ...

When I think about Chinua Achebe, who died Thursday in Boston at age 82, I remember an event, five years ago, at Manhattan’s Town Hall. The occasion was a commemoration, sponsored by PEN American ...

Google celebrated the birthday of prolific writer Chinua Achebe on Thursday with a Google Doodle to honor the mind who shared a new perspective on Nigerian culture and life with powerful, memorable ...

Unlike so many, Achebe did not internalize the brutalities and prejudices of oppressors, writes Leon Botstein His charisma was one that mixed authority with kindness, he says Botstein: One hopes that ...

Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe has died. The 82-year-old was best known for his gorgeously written historical novel that served as an indictment of colonialism, “Things Fall Apart.” Published in ...

The Nigerian novelist of "Things Fall Apart" and other works died after an illness. By THR Staff Chinua Achebe 2009 - P 2013 Chinua Achebe, the acclaimed Nigerian author of Things Fall Apart and other ...

The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in "Things Fall ...

NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports from Lagos, Nigeria, on the death of one of Africa's greatest contemporary writers. Quoting his publisher, AP, CNN, and the BBC are reporting Chinua Achebe has died.