परिचय
जन्म : 16 नवंबर 1930, नाइजीरिया
भाषा : अंग्रेजीविधाएँ : उपन्यास, कविता, कहानी, लेखमुख्य कृतियाँ
उपन्यास : Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People Anthills of the Savannah
लघु कहानी : Marriage Is A Private Affair, Dead Men's Path, The Sacrificial Egg and Other Stories, Civil Peace, Girls at War and Other Stories, African Short Stories, The Heinemann Book of Contemporary African Short Stories, The Voter
कविता : ‘Beware, Soul-Brother, and Other Poems’, Don't Let Him Die: An Anthology of Memorial Poems for Christopher Okigbo, Another Africa, Refugee Mother And Child, Vultures
बाल साहित्य : Chike and the River, How the Leopard Got His Claws,The Flute, The Drum
अन्य : The Novelist as Teacher, Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's "Heart of Darkness", The Trouble With Nigeria, Hopes and Impediments, Home and Exile, The Education of a British-Protected Child, There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra
निधन
21 मार्च 2013, मैसाचूसिट्स, संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका