Chinua Achebe

The body of Late Prof. Chinua Achebe’s arrived in Nigeria today and was received ceremoniously by government officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. The body has since been moved to Enugu, where it was received by his elder brother, Chief Augustine Achebe, other family members and state government officials. ...

Professor Chinua Achebe, 82, is dead. Achebe, one of the best fiction writers in recent memory, died in his USA base, according to reports yet to be independently confirmed .�He was born on November 16, 1930, and had been in hospital in recent days.�Achebe is best known for his classical ...