Chinualomagu Albert “Chinua” ACHEBEAge: 82 years1930–2013
- Name
- Chinualomagu Albert “Chinua” ACHEBE
- Given names
- Chinualomagu Albert
- Nickname
- Chinua
- Surname
- ACHEBE
Note: Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart (1958) was considered his magnum opus, and is the most widely read book in modern African literature
Birth | November 16, 1930 |
Alias | Chinua |
Occupation | Nigerian novelist |
Accident | A serious Car accident 1990 (Age 59 years)Note: In 1990 a serious car accident left Achebe confined to a wheelchair. Shortly thereafter he accepted a teaching position at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
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Death | March 21, 2013 (Age 82 years) Cause of death: short illness |
Burial | May 23, 2013 (2 months after death) |
Family with parents |
father |
Isaiah Okafo ACHEBE Death: |
mother | |
himself |
Birth: November 16, 1930 — Ogidi, Idemili North L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria Media object: Chinualomagu Albert Achebe Occupation: Nigerian novelist Death: March 21, 2013 — Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
brother |
Frank Okwuofu ACHEBE |
brother |
John Chukwuemeka Ifeanyichukwu ACHEBE |
brother |
Zinobia Uzoma ACHEBE |
brother |
Augustine Nduka ACHEBE |
sister |
Grace Nwanneka ACHEBE |
Family with Christiana Chinwe “Christie” OKOLI |
himself |
Birth: November 16, 1930 — Ogidi, Idemili North L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria Media object: Chinualomagu Albert Achebe Occupation: Nigerian novelist Death: March 21, 2013 — Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
wife |
Christiana Chinwe “Christie” OKOLI |
daughter |
Chinelo ACHEBE |
son |
Ikechukwu ACHEBE |
son |
Chidi ACHEBE |
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Accident | In 1990 a serious car accident left Achebe confined to a wheelchair. Shortly thereafter he accepted a teaching position at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. |
Name | Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. His first novel Things Fall Apart (1958) was considered his magnum opus, and is the most widely read book in modern African literature |
- Generation 1
Chinualomagu Albert “Chinua” ACHEBE, nigerian novelist, son of Isaiah Okafo ACHEBE and Janet Anaenechi ILOEGBUNAM, was born on November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Idemili North L.G.A, Anambra State, Nigeria and died on March 21, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States at the age of 82.
Chinualomagu Albert “Chinua” ACHEBE had 3 children.