(Born 16 November 1930, Ogidi, Biafra)
Father of African Literature
Selected works: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, Beware Soul Brother, Girls at War and other Stories, Morning Yet on Creation Day, The Trouble with Nigeria, “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness”, Anthills of the Savannah, Hopes and Impediments, “Our Mission”, Collected Poems, “African Literature as Restoration of Celebration”, Home and Exile, There was a Country
(Herbie Nichols Trio, “The prophetic” {Vol I} [personnel: Nichols, piano; Al McKibbon, bass; Art Blakey, drums; recorded: Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack , NJ , US
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