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| | Chinua Achebe - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | He was born in Ogidi, Nigeria and attended University College in Ibadan (at the time a college of the University of London, now the University of Ibadan), where he studied English, history and theology. |
 | | He later studied broadcasting at the BBC and became the first Director of External Broadcasting at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in 1961. |
 | | Achebe is the recipient of over thirty honorary degrees from universities in England, Scotland, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria and the United States, including Harvard (1996), Brown (1998), Dartmouth (1972), Southampton, Guelph (Canada), Cape Town (2002) and the University of Ife (Nigeria). |
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