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Elechi Amadi MFR // ⓘ (12 May 1934 – 29 June 2016) was a Nigerian author and soldier. He was a former member of the Nigerian Armed Forces . He was an author of plays and novels that are generally about African village life, customs, beliefs, and religious practices prior to contact with the Western world.
The works of popular Ikwerre novelist and playwright Professor Elechi Amadi, especially The Concubine, The Great Ponds, The Slave (novels) and Isiburu (a verse play) literary gives a clear history of the Ikwerre people and their cultures and traditions as bearing significant semblance with other Igbo groups. [10]
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.
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The Concubine is the debut novel by Nigerian writer Elechi Amadi originally published in 1966 as part of the Heinemann African Writers Series.. Set in a remote village in Eastern Nigeria, an area yet to be affected by European values and where society is orderly and predictable, the story concerns a woman "of great beauty and dignity" who inadvertently brings suffering and death to all her lovers.
"I told my friends [about her], and they were like, 'Oh, Jesus Christ. It's like a miracle,'" Alec recalls to PEOPLE
Elechi Amadi (Nigeria): The Concubine (1966), The Great Ponds, Sunset in Biafra; Ayi Kwei Armah (Ghana): The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968), Two Thousand Seasons (1973) Sefi Atta (Nigeria): Everything Good Will Come (2005) Ayesha Harruna Attah (Ghana): Harmattan Rain; Mariama Bâ (Senegal): Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter)
A fugitive on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list for allegedly killing his wife on their wedding night in Illinois more than 12 years ago was captured in Mexico, according to FBI Chicago.. Arnoldo ...
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