PROFESSOR CHINUA ACHEBE IS DEAD

Nigerian Novelist and Poet Chinua Achebe who first made his mark in 1958 novel "Things fall apart" has reportedly died aged 82.
Reports from Nigeria suggest he died this morning at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts of an undisclosed ailment. Sources quoted in the Premiun Times said he had been unwell for some time and was hospitalized earlier this week.
Right up until his death Achebe worked as Professor of Africana studies at Brown University and was the David and Marianna university Professor. Achebe is known as the "Father of modern African literature" and made his name writing about the history of Nigeria.
------The Independent.