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Chinua Achebe was born on 16 November 1930 and baptised Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe. [ 1 ] [ a ] His father, Isaiah Okafo Achebe, was a teacher and evangelist, and his mother, Janet Anaenechi Iloegbunam, was the daughter of a blacksmith from Awka , [ 3 ] a leader among church women, and a vegetable farmer.
The African Writers Series (AWS) is a collection of books written by African novelists, poets and politicians.Published by Heinemann, 359 books appeared in the series between 1962 and 2003.
The subfamily Aegypiinae was introduced (as the family Aegypiidae) in 1924 by the British zoologist William Lutley Sclater with Aegypius Savigny, 1809, as the type genus. [5] [6]
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No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe.It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe.
Vengeful Creditor is a short story by Chinua Achebe. It was first published in 1972 in Girls at War and Other Stories. The story describes a wealthy woman who has recently lost her servants due to free education. [1] The book intends to illustrate the social gaps in Nigeria between the lower, middle, and upper classes. [2] [3]
Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe.It was his fifth novel, first published in the United Kingdom 21 years after Achebe's previous one (A Man of the People in 1966), and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain". [1]
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