‘Things Fall Apart’ author Chinua Achebe dies at 82

Chinua Achebe, the acclaimed Nigerian author of “Things Fall Apart” and several other novels, has died in Boston. The New York Times reports that Achebe’s agent announced the death of the man at 82, following a short illness. Published in 1958, “Things Fall Apart” was the first major work of African anti-colonialist literature. Written when [...]