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Nigerian author Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote "Things Fall Apart," died Thursday in Boston after a brief illness. He was 82.

Achebe, often called the father of African literature, was best known for "Things Fall Apart," about the Igbo culture and the impact of colonialism on Africa. The novel, published in 1958, sold more than 12 million copies and was translated into dozens of languages....

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