Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March, is due to be buried in his home town Ogidi in Anambra state.
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Mr Achebe's body arrived back in Nigeria on Wednesday from the US. The author died in Boston at the age of 82 following a brief illness.
Relatives and officials were at Enugu airport in southern Nigeria as the coffin was lowered from the plane.
Mr Achebe is widely regarded as the founding father of African literature in English.
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