The United Nations has devoted Friday, November 15, 2013 to late
Professor Chinua Achebe who died last march in Boston, US.Achebe was
once a UN Goodwill ambassador from 1999 to 2005. The function holds at
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium, UN Headquarters, New York.In an
invite sent to Vanguard by the United Nations SRC Society of Writers and
United Nations SRC Film Society, the global body said the event
featuring music, film, readings and recollections by family and friends,
is part of Achebe's 83rd post-humous birthday celebrations.On its
website, the United Nations Population Fund, through its Executive
Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin said, “Mr. Achebe will forever be
credited for his leading role in shaping the span of Africa's literary
traditions and for conveying its authentic voice to the world at large.”
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