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| The widow of Chinua Achebe, Professor Christie Achebe (C) listens as her son Dr. Ikechukwu Achebe speaks during the funeral. Chinua Achebe was widely regarded as the father of modern African literature and was the author of the widely praised “Things Fall Apart.” | AFP |
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| Ghanaian President John Mahama (R) waves to the crowd as he arrives accompanied by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan (L) to attend Chinua Achebe’s funeral service at Ogidi in southeast Nigeria on May 23, 2013. Hundreds of mourners gathered on Thursday in the novelist’s hometown for his funeral. | AFP |
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| The casket containing the body of late author Professor Chinua Achebe is carried at St. Phillips Anglican Church for the funeral service at Ogidi in southeast Nigeria on May 23, 2013. | AFP |
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| Late Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe’s son Ikechukwu Achebe (L) holds his mother and professor Christie Achebe (2nd L) as they walk along with other relatives after the body of Achebe arrived in Abuja on May 21, 2013. | AFP |
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