Chidi amuta biography sample
Chidi amuta biography sample.
A bouquet for Chidi Amuta at 70
Monday, July 24, 2023, marked the 70th birthday of the renowned scholar, teacher, theorist, journalist and author, Chidi Amuta.
As a student of literature, my first “encounter” with Amuta was during my postgraduate studies courtesy of his first book of literary criticism, ‘Towards a Sociology of African Literature’, released in 1986.
Chidi amuta biography sample pdf
I would later engage with ‘Theory of African Literature: Implications for Practical Criticism’ also written by him and published in 1989.
Amuta also wrote ‘Prince of the Niger: The Babangida Years’ in 1992.
He has availed the reading public with selections from his humongous mass of media treatises with his book ‘Writing the Wrong’ an intimidating 1000-page compendium published in 2014.
I have read Amuta voraciously beginning with his contributions to The Guardian which was established in 1983.
He was in the critical core of scholars who invested in Niger