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A man reads a newspaper featuring a headline on Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe's death, at a roadside in Calabar, on March 23, 2013. Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, who has been called the father of modern African literature, has died at the age of 82 in the United States. He published five novels, as well as collections of essays, poems, short stories, and a memoir about his experiences during Nigeria's 1967-1970 civil war. (AFP PHOTO/PIUS UTOMI EKPEI)

What the late Chinua Achebe meant to Nigeria

Donu Kogbara
OPINION - The Nigerian political establishment’s eagerness to identify with Achebe is ironic, given that he despised the guys who run the show so profoundly that he firmly rejected, on two occasions (in 2004 and 2011), the awards they offered him...
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Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe: A writer whose works enlightened us

Tremell McKenzie, PostScript'd
ESSAY - Today, the world lost a champion in Achebe, born November 16, 1930. But through his works, his spirit lives on...
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This undated photo provided by Brown University shows Chinua Achebe at his home in Warwick, R.I. Achebe, an internationally celebrated Nigerian author, statesman and dissident, has died at age 82. Achebe's 1958 novel, "Things Fall Apart," is widely regarded as the first major work of modern African fiction and inspired others to tell the continent's story through the eyes of those who lived there. He joined Brown University in 2009 as a professor of languages and literature. (AP Photo/Brown University, Mike Cohea)

Achebe inspired generations of Nigerian writers

Krista Larson and Yinka Ibukun, Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe's groundbreaking novel 'Things Fall Apart'...
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Yetunde Orungbemi and her husband Nelson Barnes

Nigerian woman living under deportation threat

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - Yetunde Orungbemi faces the prospect of being estranged from her African-American husband and deported back to a country she barely knows...
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Oprah Winfrey

7 people of African descent make Forbes' 2013 list of world's richest

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - It is notable that out of the seven richest people of African decent in the world, six of them hail from the African continent itself. This certainly makes Africa an important region to watch in the world of finance and business...
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Guerilla Dance Project performing at the official launch party to celebrate the return of the musical Fela! to Atlanta (Photo Credit: Mark Harris of Sirrah Media)

Atlanta gears up for hit Broadway musical 'Fela!'

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - The official launch party to celebrate the return of 'Fela!' to Atlanta took place Friday at a funky venue in the downtown district...
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A lady studies a hymn book during an evening mass at a Catholic church in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. In Africa, where the Catholic church continues to grow, worshippers and clergy greeted Pope Benedict XVI's announcement Monday that he planned to resign with hopes that the continent would see one of its own rise to lead the faithful (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Pope Benedict XVI resignation sparks global disbelief, grief

Juliana Barbassa, Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Roman Catholics around the world expressed disbelief and grief Monday at the first papal resignation in six centuries...
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Folorunso Alakija, the richest black woman in the world. Photo from AfricanGlobe.net

Oprah Winfrey may no longer be the richest black woman in the world

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Nigerian philanthropist, fashion designer and oil tycoon Folorunsho Alakija was recently on Forbes' list of Africa's 40 richest people...
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U.S. Tennis player Serena Williams, right, in action as she plays tennis with a school child, during a clinic session in Lagos, Nigeria. Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Tennis stars Serena and Venus Williams say they eagerly await playing in the 2016 Olympics after their third doubles gold this year. The two sisters made the comments Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, during their first visit to the country. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Williams sisters inspire Nigerian kids

Jon Grambell, Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - On their first visit to Nigeria, Serena and Venus Williams want to inspire local kids to set their goals high...
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A man takes a call on the balcony of Kalakuta Museum in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. The family of late Afrobeat singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti celebrated the opening of the Kalakuta Museum on Monday in Lagos in the home the musician once lived in. The opening of the museum comes during Felabration, an annual music festival honoring the singer. (AP Photo / Sunday Alamba)

New Nigeria museum honors late Afrobeat singer Fela Kuti

Chika Oduah
theGRIO REPORT - Kingston, Jamaica has the Bob Marley Museum. Memphis, Tennessee has Elvis Presley’s Graceland. For the first time ever, fans of the Nigerian superstar Fela Kuti can visit the Kalakuta Museum in Lagos, Nigeria...
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