Nigerian novelist, Chinua Achebe, who penned the acclaimed book titled Things Fall Apart (1958), which provides an enlightening account of tribal life in Nigeria, before and after colonialism, has died. Setting the story in the Ibo countryside in the late 19th century, the author and educator openly criticized Nigerian politicians.
The book, published just two years before Nigeria declared independence from Great Britain, has sold more than 10 million copies and was translated into 45 languages.
He released his last book in 2012, There Was A Country, and it details his participation in the failed state of Biafra, which ended in 1970.
Born in the Ibo nation of southeastern Nigeria, his full name is Albert Chinualumogu Achebe and he was 82 at the time of his passing.
