Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, who played a critical role in establishing post-colonial African literature, has died. The author of
Things Fall Apart was 82.
Ofeibea Quist-Arcton is an award-winning broadcaster from Ghana and is NPR's Africa Correspondent. She describes herself as a "jobbing journalist"—who's often on the hoof, reporting from somewhere.
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