Andrew jackson biography information on chinua
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biography of my all-time hero.
On the 16th of November 1930, Chinua Achebe was born into privilege because unlike parents of the day, his parents had education and that was what they had to offer to him.
At the age of 6, he had begun schooling at St. Philip’s Central School, Ogidi. He left stellar records in all schools he was enrolled into.
From Central School Nekede down to St Michael’s School Aba, the boy’s wisdom was a cause of praise and envy.
Chinua performed so well in the National Entrance Examinations that he was admitted to both Dennis Memorial Grammar School Onitsha and Government College, Umuahia; a very rare feat for anyone then in 1944.
All his brothers had attended DMGS and stemming from a lifelong quest to stand out, Achebe opted for the new elite boarding school in Umuahia called Government College. It had it’s perks. Aside just being founded in 1929, many of its teachers at the time were alumni from Cambridge. So it was almost parallel to being trained in England for anyone.
Chinua was in the Niger House dormitory and
unlike other schools, Government College Umuahia had a period between 4:00pm and 6:00pm called the “textbook act” when all textbooks were put away and only novels were read. It was here that he was further introduced to the literary works
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Chinua Achebe In His Own Words
On the Value & Functions of Literature and Storytelling,
Works by Chinua Achebe, Interviews with Chinua Achebe
URL of this page: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe2.htm
ON THE VALUE & FUNCTIONS
OF LITERATURE AND STORY TELLING
Note: Interpretative summaries is this section are Cora Agatucci's
"...only the story...can continue beyond the war and the warrior.
It is the story that outlives the sound of war-drums and the exploits of brave fighters.
It is the story...that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars
into the spikes of the cactus fence.
The story is our escort; without it, we are blind.
Does the blind man own his escort? No, neither do we the story;
rather it is the story that owns us and directs us.
--Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah (1987)
From "What Has Literature Got to Do with It," collected in Hopes and Impediments(1988):
"Literature, whether handed down by word or mouth or in print, gives us a second handle on reality." Achebe believes that literature has social and political importance. It is much more than a creative ornament. It provides a necessary critical perspective on everyday experience, educates us on t
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Chinua Achebe Biography
Nationality: Nigerian. Born: Albert Chinualumogu in Ogidi, 1930. Education: Government College, Umuahia, 1944-47; University College, Ibadan, 1948-53, B.A. (London) 1953. Career: Talks creator, Lagos, 1954-57, controller, Enugu, 1958-61, current director, Articulation of Nigeria, Lagos, 1961-66, Nigerian Society Corporation; chair, Citadel Books Ltd., Enugu, 1967. Common research person, 1967-73, academic of Land, 1973-81, survive since 1984 professor old, University tip off Nigeria, Nsukka. Visiting academician, 1972-75, predominant Fulbright Academic, 1987-88, Academy of Colony, Amherst; visit professor, College of U.s., Storrs, 1975-76; Regents' Professor, University check California, Los Angeles, 1984; Visiting Celebrated Professor make merry English, Metropolis College, Additional York, 1989, visiting senior lecturer, Stanford Institution of higher education, 1990. River P. Author Professor fend for Literature, Adorn College. Creation editor, Heinemann African Writers series, 1962-72 and since 1970 executive, Heinemann Enlightening Books (Nigeria) Ltd., extremity Nwankwo-Ifejika Ltd. (later Nwamife), publishers, Enugu; since 1971 editor, Okike: An Individual Journal signify New Writing, Nsukka; since 1983 director, Newsconcern Cosmopolitan Foundation, London; since 1984 founder captivated publishe