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, we’ll be updating it regularly until it reaches its full scope.
I make it a point to read every book before recommending it, so revisit the list from time to time for new additions.
My Odyssey
by Nnamdi Azikiwe
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
My Odyssey by Nnamdi Azikiwe
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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