Chinua achebes biography and style
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Chinua Achebe's Biography and Style
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[based upon Contemporary Authors]Albert Chinualumogu Achebe was born the son of Isaiah Okafo, a Christian churchman, and Janet N.
Achebe November 16, in Ogidi, Nigeria.
Chinua achebes biography and style
He married Christie Chinwe Okoli, September 10, , and now has four children: Chinelo, Ikechukwu, Chidi, and Nwando. He attended Government College in Umuahia from to and University College in Ibadan from to He then received a B.A.
from London University in and studied broadcasting at the British Broadcasting Corp. in London in
Since the 's, Nigeria has witnessed "the flourishing of a new literature which has drawn sustanence from both traditional oral literature and from the present and rapidly changing society," writes Margaret Laurence in her book Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists.
Thirty years ago Chinua Achebe was one of the founders of this new literature, and over the years many critics have come to consider him the