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His education was furthered by the collages his father hung on the walls of their home, as well as almanacs and numerous books – including a prose adaptation of a Midsummer Night's Dream

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Achebe wrote his novels in English and defended the use of English, a "language of colonisers", in African literature.

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After graduation, he worked for the Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS)

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He became fascinated with world religions and traditional African cultures, and began writing stories as a university student

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Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship to study medicine, but changed his studies to English literature at University of Ibadan

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He worked at Brown University

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He died in Massachusetts

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He was born Ogidi, Nigeria