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World Service,23 Oct 2004,26 mins

Novelist Chinua Achebe Declines Honour

This Week and Africa

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Novelist Chinua Achebe turns down honour from Nigerian government. The author was selected for the Commander of the Federal Republic award - but declined to accept it in protest of conditions in Nigeria. Also on the programme, Cameroonian corruption and where the people of Ethiopia stand on the upcoming US election.

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