Prof Chinua Achebe is dead

[Egwugu]

Mzee wa Ezinima,maduka na Egugu,Dr.Stockhom ..Umuofia kwenu! Mungu akupumzishe mzee wetu.

 

[Kilaza]

One of the Nigerians most talented writer and author of timeless novel,things fall apart professor chinua Achebe is dead
The 82 years old who also recently realised a new book Titled There was a county
Nigeria have lost a great man
Rest in peace Achebe

Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies | NewsDay Zimbabwe


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R.I.P Professor Chinua Achebe

Nigeria's literary icon and publisher of several novels, Chinua Achebe, is dead.
Report by Premium Times Online
Mr. Achebe, 82, died in the United States where he was said to have suffered from an undisclosed ailment.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt he died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
A source close to the family said the professor had been ill for a while and was hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital in Boston.
The source declined to provide further details, saying the family would issue a statement on the development later today.
Contacted, spokesperson for Brown University, where Mr. Achebe worked until he took ill, Darlene Trewcrist, is yet to respond to our enquiries on the professor's condition.
Until his death, the renowned author of Things Fall Apart was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown.
The University described him as "known the world over for having played a seminal role in the founding and development of African literature."
"Achebe's global significance lies not only in his talent and recognition as a writer, but also as a critical thinker and essayist who has written extensively on questions of the role of culture in Africa and the social and political significance of aesthetics and analysis of the postcolonial state in Africa," Brown University writes of the literary icon.
Mr. Achebe was the author of Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, and considered the most widely read book in modern African Literature. The book sold over 12 million copies and has been translated to over 50 languages worldwide.
Many of his other novels, including Arrow of God, No Longer at Ease, Anthills of the Savannah, and A man of the People, were equally influential as well.
Prof Achebe was born in Ogidi, Anambra State, on November 16, 1930 and attended St Philips' Central School at the age of six. He moved away from his family to Nekede, four kilometres from Owerri, the capital of Imo State, at the age of 12 and registered at the Central School there.
He attended Government College Umuahia for his secondary school education. He was a pioneer student of the University College, now University of Ibadan in 1948. He was first admitted to study medicine but changed to English, history and theology after his first year.
While studying at Ibadan, Mr. Achebe began to become critical of European literature about Africa. He eventually wrote his final papers in the University in 1953 and emerged with a second-class degree.
Prof Achebe taught for a while after graduation before joining the Nigeria Broadcasting Service in 1954 in Lagos.
While in Lagos with the Broadcast ing Service, Mr. Achebe met Christie Okoli, who later became his wife; they got married in 1961. The couple had four children.
He also played a major role during the Nigeria Civil War where he joined the Biafran Government as an ambassador.
His latest book, There Was a Country, was an autobiography on his experiences and views of the civil war. The book was probably the most criticised of his writings especially by Nigerians, with many arguing that the professor did not write a balanced account and wrote more as a Biafran than as a Nigerian.
Mr. Achebe was a consistent critic of various military dictators that ruled Nigeria and was a loud voice in denouncing the failure of governance in the country.
Twice, he rejected offers by the Nigerian government to grant him a national honour, citing the deplorable political situations in the country, particularly in his home state of Anambra, as reason.

 

[Mathias Byabato]

Umenikumbusha maisha ya O Level ,mungu amekupenda zaidi Achebe! Amen

 

[Bubu Msemaovyo]

Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies | NewsDay Zimbabwe




R.I.P Professor Chinua Achebe

Nigeria's literary icon and publisher of several novels, Chinua Achebe, is dead.
Report by Premium Times Online
Mr. Achebe, 82, died in the United States where he was said to have suffered from an undisclosed ailment.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt he died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
A source close to the family said the professor had been ill for a while and was hospitalised in an undisclosed hospital in Boston.
The source declined to provide further details, saying the family would issue a statement on the development later today.
Contacted, spokesperson for Brown University, where Mr. Achebe worked until he took ill, Darlene Trewcrist, is yet to respond to our enquiries on the professor's condition.
Until his death, the renowned author of Things Fall Apart was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown.
The University described him as "known the world over for having played a seminal role in the founding and development of African literature."
"Achebe's global significance lies not only in his talent and recognition as a writer, but also as a critical thinker and essayist who has written extensively on questions of the role of culture in Africa and the social and political significance of aesthetics and analysis of the postcolonial state in Africa," Brown University writes of the literary icon.
Mr. Achebe was the author of Things Fall Apart, published in 1958, and considered the most widely read book in modern African Literature. The book sold over 12 million copies and has been translated to over 50 languages worldwide.
Many of his other novels, including Arrow of God, No Longer at Ease, Anthills of the Savannah, and A man of the People, were equally influential as well.
Prof Achebe was born in Ogidi, Anambra State, on November 16, 1930 and attended St Philips' Central School at the age of six. He moved away from his family to Nekede, four kilometres from Owerri, the capital of Imo State, at the age of 12 and registered at the Central School there.
He attended Government College Umuahia for his secondary school education. He was a pioneer student of the University College, now University of Ibadan in 1948. He was first admitted to study medicine but changed to English, history and theology after his first year.
While studying at Ibadan, Mr. Achebe began to become critical of European literature about Africa. He eventually wrote his final papers in the University in 1953 and emerged with a second-class degree.
Prof Achebe taught for a while after graduation before joining the Nigeria Broadcasting Service in 1954 in Lagos.
While in Lagos with the Broadcast ing Service, Mr. Achebe met Christie Okoli, who later became his wife; they got married in 1961. The couple had four children.
He also played a major role during the Nigeria Civil War where he joined the Biafran Government as an ambassador.
His latest book, There Was a Country, was an autobiography on his experiences and views of the civil war. The book was probably the most criticised of his writings especially by Nigerians, with many arguing that the professor did not write a balanced account and wrote more as a Biafran than as a Nigerian.
Mr. Achebe was a consistent critic of various military dictators that ruled Nigeria and was a loud voice in denouncing the failure of governance in the country.
Twice, he rejected offers by the Nigerian government to grant him a national honour, citing the deplorable political situations in the country, particularly in his home state of Anambra, as reason.

 

[Gaijin]

Alikuwa ni mwandishi aliyeweza kunifanya kuwa conscious kwa mambo nje ya comfort zone yangu

Atakumbukwa

 

[Mokoyo]

Poleni familia
Poleni wanaijeria
poleni wasoma vitabu
poleni Afrika

RIP Mzee Chinua

 

[Mdudu Wa Masala]

Report by Premium
Times Online
Mr. Achebe, 82, died in the
United States where he
was said to have suffered
from an undisclosed
ailment.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt he
died last night in a
hospital in Boston,
Massachusetts, United
States.
A source close to the
family said the professor
had been ill for a while
and was hospitalised in an
undisclosed hospital in
Boston.
The source declined to
provide further details,
saying the family would
issue a statement on the
development later today.

 

[Petro E. Mselewa]

Prof.Chinua Achebe was A Man of the People before Things Fall Apart recently.

 

[Kiwi]

Rest In Peace Prof. Chinua Achebe!
Thank you for sharing with us through your books all the childhood experiences of growing up in an African village.
Through your books we could see Umuofia and Okonkwo so vividly many years before we had television to open and widen our worldview.
Though the center doesn't hold anymore and things are falling apart, History shall absorb you!

 

[Zion Daughter]

Ooh my GOD,good people never live longer,i'm on the domitory reading his "A man of the people"novel! God keep his soul in peace!

Alikuwa na 82.Kibiblia kapata na bonus ya two yrs.Ulitaka aishi hadi apofuke kabisaaa!..Kauona uzee mwema

 

[HIMARS]

Nilipenda sana kitabu cha Things Fall Apart maana ndicho nimekisoma

 

[Eliezar Mlwafu]

Alale mahali pema peponi AMEN

Sent from my BlackBerry 9780{katefar}

 

[Mentee]

“Does the white man understand our custom about land?” “How can he when he does not even speak our tongue? But he says that our customs are bad; and our own brothers who have taken up his religion also say that our customs are bad. How do you think we can fight when our own brothers have turned against us? The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart"

I will always pray for you. RIP Prof.

 

[MABAGHEE]

You will be remembered for your literary works. You said it right "When things fall apart the centre can't hold". When God decides to call you in his Kingdom no matter what man can do, you will go. You have left the World but after you have done all that men are supposed to do. Go Professor Go you have accomplished your tasks here on earth. May God receive you in eternal peace. Amen.

 

[Magesi]

Mwandishi Mahiri Wa Vitabu Nchini NIGERIA CHINUA ACHEBE amefariki dunia akiwa nchini MAREKANI mapema leo

 

[Sabung'ori]

...dah!,aiseee...ni masikiko makubwa sana...R.I.P...

 

[Prishaz]

Oooh may He R.I.P,ameacha legacy

 

[Tony Gwanco]

r.i.p. achebe

 

[Kongosho]

RIP Chinua

 

[obwato]

Apumzike kwa amani.