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Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

April 8, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

By Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Taken from a March 27 audio column from prisonradio.org.  The writer is a political prisoner at SCI Mahanoy in Frackville, Pa. The brilliant light of a Nigerian masterwriter has gone out, and the world is … read more »

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Nigerian Nobel laureate Soyinka mourns Achebe

March 22, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

(AFP) LAGOS — Africa’s first Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and a renowned poet, John Pepper Clark, said Friday they have lost “a brother, a colleague” with the death of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe. “For us, the loss of Chinua … read more »

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Nigeria: Prof Chinua Achebe is dead

March 22, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

Foremost novelist, Prof Chinua Achebe, is dead. He was 82. Reporters  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 … read more »

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Press Release: In Ethiopia, HIV disclosure is low

January 3, 2013 by IndepthAfrica

In Ethiopia, where more than 1.2 million people are infected with HIV, disclosure of infection by patients is important in the fight against the disease. A new study led by a Brown sociology researcher investigates HIV-positive status disclosure rates among … read more »

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Achebe: Nigeria civil war a chronic ulcer that never heals

December 17, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

by Okenwa R. Nwosu, M.D “Then, and more so, even now, I still believe that despite the intellectual foundations of the book, it can only serve to draw us back and to divide us further as a nation. And everything … read more »

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Biafra War’s Legacy Lingers In Nigeria: Chinua Achebe Memoir

September 28, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

BY Jacey Fortin But for world-famous author and scholar Chinua Achebe, 81, the Biafran War of 1967-1970 is more than a moment in history. It is a lesson that should not be forgotten, especially as Nigeria witnesses a new wave … read more »

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