Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian novelist and poet whose 1958 novel “Issues Fall Aside” addressed the consequences of colonialism on African society, has died. He was 82.Achebe died following a short illness, his literary agent, Andrew Wylie, mentioned Friday. He delivered that the author’s family has requested privateness. “We join the world in mourning Chinua Achebe’s death,” John Makinson, chairman and chief executi…