Chinua Achebe A Biography [Hardcover]

... some 10 years of painstaking enquiry are presented with sustained energy... Ezenwa-Ohaeto has completed a remarkable feat... West Africa

... a gold mine of a source for future researchers. The Literary Griot

... in this meticulously researched work, [Ezenwa-Ohaeto] provides a wealth of information that should prove invaluable to all future studies of Achebe. Library Journal

Great back-up for classes reading Achebes Things Fall Apart. Booklist

This pioneering biography draws upon a wealth of printed and oral sources to produce a vivid record of the life and times of Africas most influential novelist. Ezenwa-Ohaeto is Achebes Boswell; nothing of importance, large or small, seems to escape him. Bernth Lindfors, University of Texas

This is the first biography of the internationally acclaimed author of Things Fall Apart, the most widely read African novel, first published in 1958 and now a classic, with more than 12 million copies in print. Things Fall Apart is a defining moment in African and world literature.

Ezenwa-Ohaetos biography is the first comprehensive account of Achebes life to date. Based on extensive research and numerous interviews, this is also the first work to trace the story of Achebes life while putting his achievement into a social and historical context.

Chapter 1. The Catechists Son: Missionaries & Masquerades, 1930-5
Chapter 2. Starting at the Crossroads: Primary School, 1936-43
Chapter 3. The Ogidi Boy: Government College, 1944-7
Chapter 4. The Young Man in Our Hall: At the University, 1948-53
Chapter 5. Stepping into the World: Teaching & Talks, 1954-7
Chapter 6. On the Path of Life: The Young Controller, 1958-60
Chapter 7. Striding to the Frontier: The Voice of Nigeria, the Married Man, the General Editor, 1960-2
Chapter 8. Walking Under a Gathering Storm: From Arrow of God to a Man of the People, 1963-6
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