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Article: Chinua Achebe: A Bio-Bibliographic Review
- Article from:
- The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Itabari Zulu Jun 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In the late twentieth century Chinua Achebe arose as one of Nigeria's favored sons. Albert Chinualumogu was born in Ogidi, Nigeria, November 16, 1930, and later adopted Chinua Achebe (Ravenscroft, 1986, p. 5). His upbringing was privileged, his father Isaiah one of the early Christians in his Igbo village. A statesman, Kwame Nkrumah, also known as the "pride of Africa," represented the new African political leader and was an early influence upon Chinua Achebe, as Nkrumah's return from London to the Gold Coast (then a British colony) coincided with unrest throughout the colonial British empire (Burns, 1995, p. 100; Couto, 1995, p. 103).
Achebe's coming-of-age was during a time of great ...