Saturday, May 25, 2013

Farewell To The Literary Icon of our Time: Professor Chief Albert Chinualumogu Achebe 1958-2013


                                              Chinua Achebe
                                               
                                            Chinua Achebe

Born    Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
16 November 1930
Ogidi, Nigeria Protectorate

Died    21 March 2013 (aged 82)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation  David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies Brown University

Nationality    Nigerian

Ethnicity    Igbo

Period    1958–2013

Notable work(s)    The African Trilogy:
–Things Fall Apart,
–No Longer at Ease,
–Arrow of God;
Also, A Man of the People, and
Anthills of the Savannah.



R.i.P Chinua!














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