From All Africa-President Goodluck Jonathan, other heads of state, governors, diplomats and international literary dignitaries are expected to attend the burial of the late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe.
The renowned Nigerian author who passed on in Boston, United States last month, will be laid to rest on May 23, 2012, in a weeklong burial ceremony, the Chinua Achebe National Transition Committee (CANTC) has said.
The remains of the man whose literary work caught the world's attention in 1958 with the publishing of the novel "Things Fall Apart," will arrive Nigeria via the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, where a delegation of Nigerian leaders, diplomats and representatives of different African nations will be in attendance to pay their respects before the body will depart for his home State Anambra, through Enugu State.
Achebe's body will be laid to rest at his family compound in Ogidi town in Idemmli local government area of Anambra State on May 23, after a traditional burial service at St. Phillips Anglican Church, Ogidi.
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