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Elechi amadi, nigerian novelist and playwright best known for works that explore traditional life and the role of the supernatural in rural nigeria. He was an author of plays and novels that are generally about african village life, customs, beliefs, and religious practices prior to contact with the western world. The concubine 1966 is one of his five novels, the others being the great ponds, the slave, isiburu and estrangement. According to wikpedia, amadis novels are generally about african village life, customs, beliefs and religious practices, as they were before contact with the western world and this is certainly true of the concubine. The book was slow for me, the gist of the story not coming. Aug 22, 2016 elechi amadi, who has died aged 82, was one of the founding generation of african novelists in english. The book has a very slow beginning and i almost gave up but once things started happening i could not put the book down. Conflict in elechi amadi s trilogy download ebook pdf, epub. Jun 30, 2016 amadi will be best remembered for his 1966 novel, the concubine, a love story about marriage, culture and forbidden traditions. Elechi amadi 12 may 1934 29 june 2016 was a former member of the nigerian armed forces. The book remains a recommended text in schools across the continent. After a period of land surveying and teaching he enlisted in the nigerian army.
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