Born Albert Chinualumogu Achebe 16 November 1930 Ogidi, Nigeria Protectorate Died 21 March 2013 (aged 82) Boston, Massachusetts, United States Occupation David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies Brown University Nationality Nigerian Ethnicity Igbo Period 1958–2013 Notable works The African Trilogy: –Things Fall Apart, –No Longer at Ease, –Arrow of God; Also, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savannah