Must-Read (Auto)Biographies on Igbo Legends
This list features biographies and autobiographies of outstanding Igbo personalities worth studying. Feel free to check back on this list, I’ll keep updating it until it reaches its full scope.
AGAINST ALL ODDS: A Biography of Innocent Chukwuma
by Obinna Ezugwu
My Odyssey
by Nnamdi Azikiwe
UGWU NWASIKE: The Man, The Name, The Monument
by Chijoke Ngobili
The Writer in the Mirror (Conversations with Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo)
edited by Evelyn N. Urama
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (Life and Literature)
by Ezechi Onyerionwu
My Africa
by MBONU OJIKE
In Quest of PERPETUITY: Bio-Sketches of Sir Odumegwu Ojukwu
by IFEZE
BECAUSE I AM INVOLVED
by EMEKA ODUMEGWU OJUKWU
EMEKA
by Frederick Forsyth
IRONSI: NIGERIA, THE ARMY, POWER AND POLITICS
by Chuks Iloegbunam
Flora Nwapa:
THIS BOOK MUST BE WRITTEN
by EJINE OLGA NZERIBE
MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER
by ONYEKA ONWENU
BROKEN PLACES & OUTER SPACES: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
by NNEDI OKORAFOR
NOTES ON GRIEF
by CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
DEAR SENTHURAN
by AKWAEKE EMEZI
Book List
Against All Odds: A Biography of Innocent Chukwuma by Obinna Ozugwu
My Odyssey by Nnamdi Azikiwe
UGWU NWASIKE: The Man, The Name, The Monument by Chijoke Ngobili
The Writer in the Mirror (Conversations with Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo) edited by Evelyn N. Urama
Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo (Life and Literature) by Ezechi Onyerionwu
My Africa by Mbonu Ojike
In Quest of Perpetuity: Bio-Sketches of Sir Odumegwu Ojukwu by Ifeze
Because I am involved by Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
Emeka by Frederick Forsyth
Ironsi: Nigeria, the Army, Power and Politics by Chuks Iloegbunam
Flora Nwapa: This Book Must Be Written by Ejine Olga Nzeribe
My Father's Daughter - My Memoir by Onyeka Onwenu
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected by Nnedi Okorafor
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi
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