![]() ![]() University College of Ibadan, where he studied English, history andĪt the university Achebe contributed several stories andĮssays to its magazine, University Herald. John Pepper Clark, and Cole Omotso, he was also educated at the ![]() Nigerian writers including Wole Soyinka, Elechi Amadi, John Okigbo, In 1944 Achebe attended Government College in Umuahia. Traditional Igbo culture, were devout evangelical Protestants andĬhristened him Albert after Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria. Parents, though they installed in him many of the values of their ![]() Night of savagery from which the first Europeans acting on God's behalfĭelivered them" (from Morning Yet on Creation Day, 1975)Ĭhinua Achebe was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, the son of Isaiah OkaforĪchebe, a teacher in a missionary school, and Janet Ileogbunam. Readers that their past – with all its imperfections – was not one long (especially the ones I set in the past) did no more than teach my Was paralyzed from the waist down in a serious car accident. Of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. Prominent Igbo (Ibo) writer, famous for his novels describing theĮffects of Western customs and values on traditional African society.Īchebe's satire and his keen ear for spoken language made him one ![]() A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZĬhinua Achebe (1930-2013) - in full Albert Chinualumogu Achebe ![]()
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