Biography of Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe: Africa most beloved author
The Prominent Igbo writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe’s satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. Chinua Achebe was born in eastern Nigeria on November 16, 1930 Isaiah and Janet Achebe (Bucker pars.1). Isaiah Okafor Achebe was a catechist for the Church Missionary Society and his wife to traveled Eastern Nigeria evangelist before settling in ogidi, Isaiah’s ancestral Igbo village, and five years after Chinua Achebe’s birth (Bucker pars 2). Growing up in Ogidi, Achebe he began to learn English at the age of eight and had contact with both Christian and Igbo religious beliefs and customs.
In 1936 Achebe attend St. Phillip’s central. He spent about 2 week in the religious class for young child then was move up to a higher class when a reverend first notice him (Bio Achebe par 1). One teacher even commented on him to be the student with the best handwriting in class, and the reading skills. Every week he attended Sunday school and special evangelical services, held monthly. Achebe was selected fourteen to attend Government College, a highly secondary school in Umuahia. Modeled on the British public school, and funded by the colonial administration, Government College had been established in 1929 to educate Nigeria’s future elite. It had rigorous academics standards was vigorously egalitarian, accepting boys purely on the base of ability (Britannica par 2). English was the dominant language at the school, not only for proficiency but to provide a common tongue for pupils from different Nigerian language group (Britannica par 2). However Achebe got punish for asking a student in Igbo to pass the soap even through the school wanted them to communicate in the language of their colonizers. Once There Achebe was double promoted in his first year, completing first two
The Prominent Igbo writer, famous for his novels describing the effects of western customs and values on traditional African society. Achebe’s satire and his keen ear for spoken language have made him one of the most highly esteemed African writers in English. Chinua Achebe was born in eastern Nigeria on November 16, 1930 Isaiah and Janet Achebe (Bucker pars.1). Isaiah Okafor Achebe was a catechist for the Church Missionary Society and his wife to traveled Eastern Nigeria evangelist before settling in ogidi, Isaiah’s ancestral Igbo village, and five years after Chinua Achebe’s birth (Bucker pars 2). Growing up in Ogidi, Achebe he began to learn English at the age of eight and had contact with both Christian and Igbo religious beliefs and customs.
In 1936 Achebe attend St. Phillip’s central. He spent about 2 week in the religious class for young child then was move up to a higher class when a reverend first notice him (Bio Achebe par 1). One teacher even commented on him to be the student with the best handwriting in class, and the reading skills. Every week he attended Sunday school and special evangelical services, held monthly. Achebe was selected fourteen to attend Government College, a highly secondary school in Umuahia. Modeled on the British public school, and funded by the colonial administration, Government College had been established in 1929 to educate Nigeria’s future elite. It had rigorous academics standards was vigorously egalitarian, accepting boys purely on the base of ability (Britannica par 2). English was the dominant language at the school, not only for proficiency but to provide a common tongue for pupils from different Nigerian language group (Britannica par 2). However Achebe got punish for asking a student in Igbo to pass the soap even through the school wanted them to communicate in the language of their colonizers. Once There Achebe was double promoted in his first year, completing first two