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The House of Representatives has called on the government to name the national library that is under construction in Abuja after deceased literary icon Chinua Achebe. Read more »
The House of Representatives has called on the government to name the national library that is under construction in Abuja after deceased literary icon Chinua Achebe. Read more »
Nigeria: What Achebe Should Tell Zik, Awo, Ojukwu, Balewa, Others
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
"The guru is gone. Papa Achebe is gone. Sir, safe journey. Have you seen Ojukwu? Please tell him that his brothers and sisters are experiencing another pogrom in Kano State. What… Read more »
Nigeria: Albert Chinualumogu Achebe (1930 - 2013)
This Day, 23 March 2013
The death last Thursday in the United States of Professor Chinua Achebe, 82, has brought a tragic loss to Nigeria, Africa and indeed all humanity. Here was a man who blazed the… Read more »
Nigeria: Chinua Achebe - Death, Where Are Thy Claws?
Premium Times, 23 March 2013
Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive and so impactful that we begin to pray that they will never die. But who… Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe's Brown University, Mourns - Plans Memorial On Late Writer's Life, Work
Premium Times, 22 March 2013
Brown University, where foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, worked until his death last night, says it would organize a memorial in honour of one of its most valuable faculty… Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe Bold, Visionary Like Awolowo - Babatope
Vanguard, 22 March 2013
FORMER Minister of transport and a member of Board of Trustees, BoT of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Ebenezer Babatope Friday said that late Professor Chinua… Read more »
Nigeria: Chinua Achebe - We Lost a National Treasure - Tinubu
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
Tributes continued to pour in for Professor Chinua Achebe yesterday. Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe in the Eyes of the World - Bearing Witness, With Words By New York Times
Vanguard, 23 March 2013
"If you don't like someone's story," Chinua Achebe told The Paris Review in 1994, "write your own." Read more »
Nigeria: I Didn't Know 'things Fall Apart' Would Be Published - Achebe
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
Things Fall Apart is one of the most successful books on the surface of earth and it was China Achebe's most successful work.In this extract from his latest book, 'THERE WAS A… Read more »
Nigeria: Jonathan Mourns Achebe
Premium Times, 22 March 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has received, with immense sadness, news of the passing away of Nigeria's globally acclaimed writer, scholar, tutor, cultural icon, nationalist and… Read more »
Nigeria: Ohaneze Ndigbo, Others Urge Govt to Immortalise Achebe.
Vanguard, 22 March 2013
Many prominent Nigerians on Friday reacted to the death of Prof. Chinua Achebe, a literary icon, and called on the Federal Government to immortalise him. Read more »
Uganda: The Geezer - Mourning Chinua Achebe
Observer, 24 March 2013
The grim reaper is out not just on the prowl as always, but he has gained a bounce to his steps and is pouncing on anything in his wake. Read more »
Chinua Achebe, author and poet
Nigeria: Chinua Achebe, Storyteller in Excelsis, By Tade Ipadeola
Premium Times, 23 March 2013
'Homage to him whose meanings enlarge with time, Read more »
Nigeria: Declare Public Holiday for Achebe, Ken Nnamani Centre Urges FG
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
A call has been made to the Federal Government to declare public holiday over the death of world acclaimed novelist, Chinua Achebe. This call was made Saturday by the Ken… Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe - "We Have Lost a Brother' Soyinka, Clark
Vanguard, 23 March 2013
FOR us, the loss of Chinua Achebe is, above all else, intensely personal. We have lost a brother, a colleague, a trailblazer and a doughty fighter. Of the "pioneer quartet" of… Read more »
Nigeria: Soyinka, Clark, Devastated - Say Boko Haram May Have Hastened Achebe's Death
Premium Times, 23 March 2013
It has been a gush of emotions from the literary community since the news broke early Friday of the passage of renowned novelist, Chinua Achebe, at the age of 83 in the United… Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe a Patriot, Nation's Conscience We'll Miss - Jonathan
Leadership, 22 March 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has described literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe as a committed patriot and the conscience of the nation the country will miss, following his exit from… Read more »
Nigeria: As the World Mourns Chinua Achebe
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
Fellow Nigerians, let me join you and countless others across the universe in celebrating the life of one of our few global Ambassadors, Professor Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, who… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Statement On the Death of Chinua Achebe
ANC, 23 March 2013
The African National Congress believes that the loss of Chinua Achebe is a great loss to the African continent. His writing skills and deep understanding of the challenges facing… Read more »
Nigeria: P.O.C Achebe Was Father of Nigerian Football - Nwokocha
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
line member of the Association of Nigerian ex-internationals in Diasporas (ANED), Christian Nwokocha has described the death of a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football… Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe Was My Hero - Akunyili
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
A former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili on Sunday in Abuja joined other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to Prof. Chinua Achebe. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerians in Cote D'ivoire Say Achebe's Death a Loss to Africa
Vanguard, 24 March 2013
Nigerian youths in Cote d'Ivoire on Saturday in Abidjan described the death of Nigeria's literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe, as' 'a loss to Africa". Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe Patriot With Uncommon Vision, Says Onu
Leadership, 24 March 2013
Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, The National Chairman of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Dr Ogbonna Onu, has described the late Prof. Chinua Achebe as 'a patriot with uncommon vision.' Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe - We've Not Been Informed - Kinsmen
Vanguard, 25 March 2013
...Dickson, Okorocha, Akunyili, Senators, ACN, NLC, others pay tributes Read more »
Nigeria: Achebe, Global Icon for All Time - ACN, Akunyili, Others
Leadership, 25 March 2013
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has paid a glowing tribute to renowned Nigerian writer and nationalist, Prof Chinua Achebe, who died last Thursday.The party described him as a… Read more »
Nigeria: African Literary Giant Chinua Achebe Dies
DW, 22 March 2013
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. Read more »
Rwanda: Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan Dies
New Times, 23 March 2013
Chinua Achebe, the internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident who gave literary birth to modern Africa with Things Fall Apart and continued for decades to… Read more »
Uganda: Nigerian Author Chinua Achebe Dies Aged 82
Independent (Kampala), 22 March 2013
Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, best known for his novel "Things Fall Apart" and widely referred to as the father of modern African literature, has died aged 82. Read more »
Nigeria: More Tributes Pour in for Chinua Achebe
This Day, 25 March 2013
Torrents of tributes have continued to pour in for renowned author, Professor Chinua Achebe, who died in the United States last Thursday. Read more »
Nigeria: Chinua Achebe, 1930-2013 - Don't Let Him Die
Leadership, 24 March 2013
Nigeria is no longer at ease because Professor Chinua Achebe, the grandfather of African literature and world-acclaimed intellectual, is no more. Yet, compared to other legendary… Read more »
Nigeria: Kinsmen Await Traditional Announcement of Achebe's
Leadership, 24 March 2013
The people of Ogiditown in Idemili North local government area of AnambraState now await the traditional leadership of the community to formally announce the demise of their… Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Delegation in U. S Visits Achebe's Family
Premium Times, 24 March 2013
A Nigerian Government delegation in the U. S on Saturday visited the family of the late Prof. Chinua Achebe, who died on Thursday night. Read more »
Nigeria: Africa Owes a Debt of Gratitude to Achebe - Zuma
Vanguard, 23 March 2013
The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, says Africa owes a debt of gratitude to late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in view of his contributions to African… Read more »
Nigeria: Cymbals From Achebe's Death Bed....
Vanguard, 23 March 2013
Reactions have continued to trail the death of Africa's literary icon, Chinua Achebe , who died in an undisclosed hospital in Boston, United States of America yesterday.… Read more »
Nigeria: The World Mourns Achebe
Leadership, 23 March 2013
The world yesterday mourned and paid glowing tributes to Nigerian-born literary icon Professor Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, who died in a Boston, Massachusetts, hospital on Thursday… Read more »
South Africa: Zuma Pays Tribute to Chinua Achebe
SA Info, 25 March 2013
South African President Jacob Zuma has sent his condolences following the death of Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. Read more »
Nigeria: Streams of Eulogies as Literary Icon Achebe Dies At 82
This Day, 23 March 2013
There has been an outpouring of eulogies for renowned novelist and author of the popular novel, Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe, who died on Thursday in a hospital in Boston,… Read more »
Nigeria: The Moving Letter Achebe Could Not See
Premium Times, 23 March 2013
Unknown to him that Prof Chinua Achebe was on hospital bed and was making his way out of this difficult world, statesman, writer and intellectual, Omorodion Uwaifo, 81, emailed the… Read more »
Tributes continue to pour in to celebrate the life and work of renowned author Chinua Achebe, most famous for writing the modern African classic "Things Fall Apart". Read more »
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