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The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you do not stand in one place.
Chinua Achebe
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Chinua Achebe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 16
Died: 2013
Died: March 22
Essayist
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Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
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