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It’s hard to do away with tragic heroes

The audiences watch their hero as he falls and stands up again to continue with the fight to bring a solution whose fruits everyone would enjoy, but mostly the hero would never take the mantle, as ERIC LUNGAI argues

The celebrated African writer, Chinua Achebe, finally died. So sad about his death. One thing, nonetheless that many communities across the globe will forever remember him for is his creation of the undying character Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart.

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