Tuesday, June 19, 2007

News at Eleven: Within weeks, the dashing

Major [Christopher] Okigbo had been killed in an early battle of the Biafran conflict. The fortunes of war decreed that [Chinua] Achebe survived, to become not a meteor but a fixed star.

In the manner of stars, observers can often take his position and his brilliance for granted.

from The Independent: Chinua Achebe: The storyteller

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