Died
at age 82
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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Biography
Chinua Achebe is Notable.
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian writer who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.
Sources
"Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1P-YC5 : 4 March 2021), Albert Chinua Achebe, Immigration; citing 1963, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).