Albert Chinalmg Achebe, a Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic, is regarded as a major force in contemporary African literature. He lived from 16 November 1930 to 21 March 2013. His first book, Things Fall Apart (1958), is still the most thoroughly studied, translated, and read African novel and a significant work of African literature. With
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