I am devastated'' – Wole Soyinka confirms Chinua Achebe’s death

Wole Soyinka commented on Cool Fm, a private radio station in Lagos on how devasted he is on the death of talented and celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe.

According to BBC’s Fidelis Mbah of the BBC, who monitored the interview, the Nobel Laureate said: “I’m just devastated. I only heard about half an hour ago and I don’t want to say anything yet. I’m just devastated.”
Achebe, a talented and celebrated writer and author of the timeless novel, Things Fall Apart, passed on last night in a a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

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