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The concubine has its setting in west africa and was published in 1966. Elechi amadi takes you to places that are both physical and abstract through the concubine. Its legendary english department and the student magazine the horn encouraged a number of aspir elechi amadi was born in aluu near port harcourtin the delta region of eastern nigeria, into an ibo family, representing a minority nation tribethe ikwere. Rivalry, conflict and disunity are major themes, evidenced most strikingly by the land wrangle between madume and emenike over a shifted boundary. The novel was first published in 1966 after which the author published a number of other literary works. I read this fascinating novel for the africa reading challenge hosted by kinna reads. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. It is a beautiful but sad story of rebellion and love. At university college, ibadan he took a degree in physics and mathematics. The concubine, volume 1966, part 2 elechi amadi snippet view 1966. Read online the concubine, 1966, 216 pages, elechi amadi, 0435905562. Elechi amadi refused to remove sexual allusions from his 1966 novel the concubine elechi amadi, who has died aged 82, was one of the founding generation of african novelists in english. Elechi amadi was born in 1934 in aluu near port harcourt in eastern nigeria. The concubine is the debut novel by nigerian writer elechi amadi originally published in as part of the heinemann african writers series.
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