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Nigeria: Ancient Tree Tragedy - Tears, Condemnations Trail Multiple Deaths
Owerri :: Nigeria | 6 hours ago
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The most recent is the ancient ancestral tree that fell in Umudagu, Ihitte Isi Mbieri community, Mbaitoli local council area of the State late Thursday night of May 16, killing no fewer than 50 people, with a yet to be ascertained number critically
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Revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe to be buried
Awka :: Nigeria | 8 hours ago
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Revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe, author of the widely praised novel "Things Fall Apart," will be buried in his small hometown on Thursday in a ceremony expected to draw crowds of mourners. Achebe, who died in the United States in March aged 82,
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VIDEO: Achebe funeral due to take place
Lagos :: Nigeria | 10 hours ago
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Achebe funeral due to take place 23 May 2013 Last updated at 01:02 ET The funeral of the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe is due to take place on Thursday in his home town of Ogidi in the east of the country. Chinua Achebe's books including his best
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African literary giant's remains arrive in Nigeria for burial
Awka :: Nigeria | 23 hours ago
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The body of revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe arrived Wednesday in his home state in Nigeria, where hundreds of admirers packed a stadium to pay tribute a day ahead of his funeral. A wooden coffin transported the body of Achebe, the celebrated
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Nigeria: Achebe's Body Arrives in Abuja
Abuja :: Nigeria | 2 days ago
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Dignitaries present at the local wing of the airport include, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Governor Peter Obi and many others , as Achebe's casket, draped in national colours of green and white was
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It's a bookfest as writers serve fans their latest works
Nairobi :: Kenya | 6 days ago
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Rating In Summary According to the organisers, the Achebe event will go beyond celebrating his works and assessing his impact on African literature to discussions on the art of creative writing and inspiring young writers to embrace reading and
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Reader got facts on religion wrong
Nuku'alofa :: Tonga | 6 days ago
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Rating In Summary Literature emancipates society or, as Ngugi would put it, it decolonises the mind'. As such, literature is not a singer of bards to the kings of religious thievery (what a reggae singer called stealing in the name of the Lord') and
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Nigeria: Senate Celebrates Achebe, Demands State Burial for Him
Abuja :: Nigeria | 7 days ago
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The upper chamber also assigned a delegation to commiserate with Achebe's family, the people and government of Anambra State. While imploring the federal government to name a major federal highway or street in Abuja as well as a national monument in
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Circumstantial Evidence of a Shared History Aside, Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria Tracks Conversion to the Hebrew Faith
Lagos :: Nigeria | 9 days ago
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Boomer comedies and teen party flicks aren't the only movies buoyed by their soundtracks...Lieberman's new doc, Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria , is punctuated with the holy music of the small clusters of Igbo people who have converted to
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Nigeria: Port Harcourt Celebrates Achebe
Port Harcourt :: Nigeria | 11 days ago
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Chinua Achebe on the 26th of April 2013 at the council office. The evening program which was scheduled for 5pm begun with opening remarks by Ms. Ijeoma Agruba the centre manager of the council office in Port Harcourt and this was followed by a
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