Chinua Achebe, the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor, Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, Rhode Island, USA and Nigerian Novelist is dead.
He died on Thursday night inside a Boston, Massachusetts hospital after a brief illness.
He was the author the ground breaking novel of 1958 ‘Things Fall Apart.’ The novel which was translated into over 50 languages and sold over 12 million copies worldwide.
He was aged 82.
Publisher,
Lagos Post Online,
Lagos Post is an online publication that seeks to provide fair, unbiased, credible, balanced and useful information about Corporate Organisations, Governments and the General Public by breaking news in Business, Politics, Arts, Entertainment, Culture, and Sports in Nigeria, Africa and the World. As a global news portal, we continually stand for responsible journalism and sound media practice.
Mobile: +238025837037
Email: lagospostng@gmail.com
