Chinua Achebe 1930-2013, - Avuncular is the easiest word that comes to mind for me in describing China Achebe who passed on last night and joined the ancestors. Ours was not an easy relationship bit it was based on great respect from my side and a side ways flance of possibility as far as he thought of me at all. He was a pioneer in more than one area of thought and writing. He was a builder of institutions and founder of organisations.