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mods: Chinua Achebe a biography Ezenwa-Ohaeto 1958-2005 creator text bibliography biography collective biographies. Biographies. Biographies (form) Biographies. Biographies. inu Bloomington Indiana University Press ©1997 1997 monographic eng print xii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm This is the first biography of Chinua Achebe. His novels span the African experience of colonialism, independence and of civilian and military corruption. His short stories in particular reflect his involvement in the Biafran civil war in Nigeria. His poetry, both in English and Igbo, reveals a sensitive talent. His children's stories introduced the young and their parents to the excitement of books. Chinua Achebe had an active and generous role in encouraging other African writers by starting the literary journal Okike, by founding a publishing house in war-torn Nigeria and by introducing, in his role as the Founding Editor of the African Writers Series, new writers to a worldwide audience. Through his teaching in universities in Africa and America he showed the importance of Africa's own literature in the re-establishment of its cultural independence. The catechist's son: missionaries & masquerades, 1930-5 -- Starting at the crossroads: primary school, 1936-43 -- The Ogidi boy: government college, 1944-7 -- The young man in our hall: at University College, Ibadan, 1948-53 -- Stepping into the world: teaching & broadcasting, 1954-7 -- On the path of life: controller of the eastern region, 1958-1960 -- Striding to the frontier: the 'Voice of Nigeria', marriage, & the 'African writers series, ' 1960-2 -- Walking under a gathering storm: from Arrow of God to A man of the people, 1963-6 -- Retreat to the cathedral: genocide, war & the leopard's claws, 1966-7 -- The idea of Biafra: Enugu, Aba, Umuahia, 1967-9 -- To understand what happened: art in the midst of war & in the aftermath, 1969-71 -- Constructing a relevant vision: collections, controversies, & conferences -- An American expedition: …