Late Chukwuemeka Ike
The death has been formally announced of famous Nigerian author, Professor Chukwuemeka Ike.
The first-generation author died Thursday, December 9, 2020, at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, after a brief illness. He was born on April 28, 1931.
He was one-time Registrar, West African Examination Council (WAEC) and head, Nigerian Book Trust Foundation.
He attended Government College, Umuahia, Abia State, the same school attended by literary giants, Prof. Chinua Achebe and Chris Okigbo.
The Bottled Leopard is one of Ike’s popular books
Some of his works
Toads for Supper (London: Harvill Press, 1965)
The Naked Gods (London: Harvill Press, 1970)
The Potter’s Wheel (London: Harvill Press, 1973)
Sunset at Dawn (Collins & Harvill Press, 1976)
Expo ’77 (Fontana, 1980)
The Chicken Chasers (Fontana, 1980)
The Bottled Leopard (1985)
Our Children Are Coming (Ibadan: Spectrum Books 1990)
Conspiracy of silence (Longman, 2001)
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