(Born 16 November 1930, Ogidi, Biafra)
Father of African Literature
Selected works: Things
Fall Apart (1958) No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God
(1964), A Man of the People (1966),
Beware Soul Brother (1971), Girls at War and other Stories (1973), Morning
Yet on Creation Day (1975), “An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad’s Heart of
Darkness” (1975), Don’t let him die:
An anthology of memorial poems for Christopher Okigbo (ed., 1978), The Trouble with Nigeria (1984), Anthills of the
Savannah (1987), Hopes and Impediments (1988), “Our Mission”
(1989), “African Literature as Restoration of Celebration” (1990), Home and
Exile (2000), Collected Poems (2004), There was a Country
(2012)
*****Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is the author of African Literature in Defence of History: An essay on Chinua Achebe (2001) and author, with Lakeson Okwuonicha, of Why Donald Trump is great for Africa (2018)
(George Russell Sextet, “Ezzthetics” [personnel: Russell, piano; Don Ellis, trumpet; Dave Baker, trombone; Eric Dolphy, alto saxophone; Steve Swallow, bass; Joe Hunt, drums; recorded: Riverside Records, New York, US, 8 May 1961])
*****Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe is the author of African Literature in Defence of History: An essay on Chinua Achebe (2001) and author, with Lakeson Okwuonicha, of Why Donald Trump is great for Africa (2018)
Twitter @HerbertEkweEkwe
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