Chinua Achebe obituary He championed the cause of Biafra's independence and

 Chinua Achebe in 1967. He championed the cause of Biafra's independence and was determined that the Igbo presence and perspectives should continue within the Nigerian nation. Photograph: Michael Neal
<P>Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was Africa's best-known novelist and the founding father of African fiction. The publication of his first novel, Things Fall Apart, in 1958 not only contested European narratives about Africans but also challenged traditional

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