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 ...

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Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian-born author who was a professor of Africana studies at Brown University and a past professor at Bard College, died in Boston on March 21. He was 82. His first novel, Things ...

Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote "Things Fall Apart," died Thursday in Boston after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe, often called the father of African literature, was best known ...

The world-famous Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died. Annalisa Quinn reflects on the legacy of Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe, the prominent Nigerian novelist and essayist who died ...

The search engine site, which sometimes uses its homepage to honor prominent figures, is highlighting the artist to celebrate him on what would have been his 87th birthday. Born Albert Chinualumogu ...

Today’s Google doodle marks what would have been the 87th birthday of the Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. Best known for his novel “Things Fall Apart,” Achebe began writing during the 1950s, building ...

Nigerian writer and author Chinua Achebe was honored with a Google Doodle on what would've been his 87th birthday on Thursday. The Google landing page commemorated Achebes' lasting contributions with ...

Try this short quiz on Africa’s vibrant literary scene and its globally popular authors. By J. D. Biersdorfer Like many Nigerians, the novelist Stephen Buoro has been deeply influenced by the ...

The author of "Things Fall Apart," Chinua Achebe is one of the most widely read African authors. Wikimedia Commons In a 1994 interview with the Paris Review, Chinua Achebe, the world’s most ...

It was sad when Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe died March 21 at age 82. The fact that he died in 2013 was missed by those who began circulating the death on social media Monday morning. RIPs to ...

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