Albert
Chinualumogu
(Chinua)
Achebe
Born in Ogidi, Nigeria Protectorate
Son of Isaiah Okafo Achebe
and Janet Iloegbunam
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
[private son (1960s - unknown)] and Nwando (Achebe) Ogundimu
Died
at age 82
in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2014
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Biography
Chinua Achebe is Notable.
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian writer who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literature. His first novel and magnum opus, Things Fall Apart (1958), occupies a pivotal place in African literature and remains the most widely studied, translated, and read African novel.
Sources
- "Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1P-YC5 : 4 March 2021), Albert Chinua Achebe, Immigration; citing 1963, Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (National Archives, Rio de Janeiro).
- "Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPY-DKJZ : 29 January 2020), Chinua Achebe, 2013; from multiple collections, index, Currentobituary.com (http://www.currentobituary.com : n.d.).
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DN-HG92 : 15 December 2021), Chinua Achebe, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 170197111, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
See also:
- Chinua Achebe, FamousAuthors.org, available online at www.famousauthors.org
- Wikipedia Chinua_Achebe
- Wikidata: Item Q155845
- Travel to Brazil in 1963 - https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJ1P-YC5
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