NPR News and Music Discovery for the Four Corners

Nigeria's Outspoken Writer Chinua Achebe Dies At 82

By Ofeibea Quist-Arcton,
Steve Inskeep
Published March 22, 2013 at 8:48 AM MDT
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email

Your browser doesn’t support HTML5 audio

Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, who played a critical role in establishing post-colonial African literature, has died. The author of Things Fall Apart was 82.

Copyright 2013 NPR

National News
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Email
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is an award-winning broadcaster from Ghana and is NPR's Africa Correspondent. She describes herself as a "jobbing journalist"—who's often on the hoof, reporting from somewhere.
See stories by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
Steve Inskeep
Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition, as well as NPR's morning news podcast Up First.
See stories by Steve Inskeep
Related Stories
  1. Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout
  2. 'Zillow Gone Wild' brings wacky real estate listings to HGTV
  3. Canadian police arrest 3 suspects in the slaying of a Sikh separatist leader
  4. More than 16,000 pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled over E. coli risk