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The Body of late Prof. Chinua Achebe 
arrived Nnamdi 
Azikiwe International airport  Abuja, earlier today May 21, where it was
 received by government officials. His body was then flown to Enugu 
aboard a private plane en-route his hometown, Ogidi, Anambra state, where
 it was received by Achebe's elder brother, Chief Augustine Achebe, 
other family members and state govt officials. He will be buried Thursday May 23. <br />
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Xclusive: Professor Chinua Achebe's Body Arrives Nigeria + Burial Date

The Body of late Prof. Chinua Achebe arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport Abuja, earlier today May 21, where it was received b...

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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Novelist, poet, professor, critic and the author of the most widely read
 book in African literature (Things Fall Apart) professor Chinua Achebe,
 has passed on. Professor Achebe died last night March 21 in a
 hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He had been ill for a while. He was 
82 years old.</span><br style="font-weight: normal;" /></div>
The legend has gone home. May his soul rest in peace...Amen. <br />
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Xclusive: Foremost Novelist Professor Chinua Achebe Dies At 82

Novelist, poet, professor, critic and the author of the most widely read book in African literature (Things Fall Apart) professor Ch...