More than a week after the death of Africa’s foremost novelist, Chinua Achebe, his mother’s family said they were not aware of his passing. Chief Ifeanyi Iloegbunam, a spokesman of the Ilewu ...

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist and poet whose 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart" addressed the effects of colonialism on African society, has died. He was 82.Achebe died following a brief ...

It is three days today before the remains of foremost novelist, Chinua Achebe, arrives Nigeria for a five-day burial rite that would culminate in his interment on Thursday, May 23, at his family ...

It was sad when Nigerian-born author Chinua Achebe died March 21 at age 82. ... Michelle, sent a letter to the Achebe family that was read in a public tribute in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) — Writer Chinua Achebe shunned Nigeria's corrupt politicians and twice turned down national honors, ... also died but his family survived bombings and the war's horrors.

Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe dies at 82. His masterpiece, ... a man whose family embodies the conflicts between traditional ways and the influence of Western missionaries and colonialists.

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe died Thursday in Boston. His first novel, Things Fall Apart was published in 1958 and is still the most widely-read piece of African literature.

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist, essayist and poet who largely invented modern African fiction and shaped generations of writers worldwide, foremost with his groundbreaking book “Things ...

"Home and Exile" is Nigerian author Chinua Achebe's first book in 13 years. Unfortunately, it does not mark his literary comeback. Achebe is best known for his 1958 novel "Things Fall Apart," the ...

He and his young family were forced to flee the fighting. More than 1 million people died. Last year Achebe finally published his sorrowful account of the tragedy and the government’s ruthless ...