Chinua Achebe, one of the world's most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, has died.
He was 82 year old.
He passed on last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Professor Achebe had been sick for some time.
Achebe is best known for his classical novel "Things fall Apart". His last book, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra, is still making waves.
Until his death, Prof Achebe was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown.
- Naij News
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