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Nigeria has had a complicated colonial history. My work has examined that part of our story extensively.

Chinua Achebe

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Chinua Achebe
Age: 82 †
Born: 1930
Born: November 16
Died: 2013
Died: March 22
Essayist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Short Story Writer
University Teacher
Writer
Albert Chinualumogu Achebe
Examined
Nigeria
Complicated
Story
History
Stories
Part
Extensively
Work
Colonial

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