Book: There Was a Country by Chinua Achebe
There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra- by Chinua Achebe, a Nigerian writer released on 27 September 2012 in UK.
About the book: There Was a Country
Achebe's new book, "There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra," recounts the 1967-1970 Biafra war when Biafra tried to secede from Nigeria.
There Was a Country is his long-awaited account of coming of age during the defining experience of author’s life: the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War of 1967-1970. It became infamous around the world for its impact on the Biafrans, who were starved to death by the Nigerian government in one of the twentieth century's greatest humanitarian disasters.
Biafra is an eastern region of Nigeria inhabited mainly by the Igbo people. It tried to split off for reasons including massacres of Igbos in the country's north. Achebe was a strong supporter of this move to independence, and served as a roving cultural ambassador for Biafra.
About the Author: Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was best known for his first novel and magnum opus. Born in Nigeria in 1930, Chinua Achebe attended the University of Ibadan. In 1958, his groundbreaking novel Things Fall Apart was published. It went on to sell more than 12 million copies and been translated into more than 50 languages. Achebe later served as the David and Marianna Fisher University professor and professor of Africana Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
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