Educationist,
novelist, and dramatist, and author of the ever green novel 'The Concubine'
Elechi Amadi has died. He passed away this afternoon at a hospital in Port
Harcourt. He was 82.
He
was born on 12 May, 1934 in Aluu community, Ikwerre local government area of
River state. The River state government have released a statement mourning his
passing. The late literary icon was
among the first generation of African writers and novelists. Some of his
works include The Concubine (1966), The Great Ponds (1969), and The Slave
(1978). May his soul rest in peace, amen.
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