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Elechi Amadi, who has died aged 82, was one of the founding generation of African novelists in English....

Elechi Amadi Biography

Nationality: Nigerian. Born: Aluu, 1934.

Elechi Amadi (born May 12, , Aluu, near Port Harcourt, Nigeria—died June 29, , Port Harcourt) was a Nigerian novelist and playwright best known for.

The Concubine, Elechi Amadi's most celebrated work of fiction, paints a picture of pre-colonial life in rural Eastern Nigeria.

Elechi Amadi, who has died aged 82, was one of the founding generation of African novelists in English.

This article seeks to re-examine Amadi's essay with a view to highlighting the deficiencies identified by him in Aristotle's timeless aesthetics.

Elechi Amadi.

Education: University College, Ibadan, 1955-59, B.Sc. in mathematics and physics 1959. Military Service: Served in the Nigerian Federal Army, 1963-66, 1968-69. Career: Government survey assistant, Calabar, 1953-55, and surveyor, Enugu, 1959-60; science teacher in mission schools, Oba and Ahoada, 1960-63; principal, Asa Grammar School, 1967; administrative officer, 1970-74, and permanent secretary, 1975-83, Government of Rivers State, Port Harcourt; writer-in-residence and Dean of the Faculty of Arts, College of Education, Port Harcourt, 1984-87; Commissioner of Education, 1987-89, and Commissioner of Lands and Housing, 1989-90, Rivers State.

Awards: International Writers Program grant, University of Iowa, 1973; Rivers State Silver Jubilee Merit award, 1992.

PUBLICATIONS

Novels

The Concubine. London, Heinemann, 1966.

The Great Ponds. London, Heinemann, 1969; New York, Day, 1973.

The Slave. L