Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe has died in the United States at the age of 82. He is widely regarded as the grandfather of modern African literature.
The career of famed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe spanned more than half a century. The announcement of his death at the age of 82 prompted an immediate flood of tributes from Africa and beyond.
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