Christian churchman, and Janet N. Achebe November 16, 1930 in Ogidi, Nigeria.

Although both his parents were Christians, they heavily inundated him with

traditional Ibo values. He married Christie Chinwe Okoli, September 10, 1961,

and now has four children: Chinelo, Ikechukwu, Chidi, and Nwando. He attended

Government College in Umuahia from 1944 to 1947 and University College in

Ibadan from 1948 to 1953. He then received a his B.A. from London University

in 1953. He studied broadcasting at the British Broadcasting Corp. in London in

1956, and was later the director of External Broadcasting for the Nigerian

Broadcasting Service. Achebe has received numerous honors, such as Honorary

Fellowship of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and well

over 20 (!) honorary doctorates. He is also recipient of the Nigerian National

Merit Award, signifying high intellectual achievement that has shaped the culture

From 1972 - 1976 and from 1897-1988 he was Professor of English at the

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and also at the University of Connecticut,

himself if no one else did." - Okonkwo, explaining his capacity for hard work before

language with proverbs and other cultural references, Achebe slowly and naturally

he accidentally kills the son of a village elder at a funeral due to a rifle misfire, Okonkwo

to no one, and [needs] to justify itself to nobody," as he puts it in his book of

purpose." For this reason, Achebe believes that "any good story, any good novel,

- p. 21. "The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise

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