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| The Late Prof Chinua Achebe |
Mr.
Achebe, 82, died in the United States where he was said to have suffered from
an undisclosed ailment.
PREMIUM TIMES 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 was hospitalised in an undisclosed
hospital in Boston.
The source declined to provide further
details, saying the family would issue a statement on the development later
today.
Contacted, spokesperson for Brown University,
where Mr. Achebe worked until he took ill, Darlene Trewcrist, is yet to respond
to our enquiries on the professor’s condition.
Until his death, the renowned author of Things
Fall Apart was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor
of Africana Studies at Brown.
The University described him as “known the
world over for having played a seminal role in the founding and development of
African literature.”