Eguria

CAMARA LAYE: THE AFRICAN CHILD   AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND Born on January 1, 1928, at Kouroussa, Dakar, Senegal, Camara Laye was a Guinean novelist. He first attended local schools where his formal French education started. He attended a technical high school in Conakry and later left for France on a government scholarship. He got a certificate in automotive technology at Argenteuil, and proceeded to Paris for a degree course in automotive engineering. He kept many odd jobs and experienced privation until he found employment in an automotive factory. In 1956, Camara Laye return to Guinea and worked there in a technical capacity for the French colonial regime.       When Guinea became independent, he was sent on a diplomatic mission to many African countries and later became Director, Sekou Tour’s Study and Research Centre in the Ministry of Information in Conakry. He soon fell out of favor with President Toure as a result of his writings that were becoming ...

ELECHI AMADI: THE CONCUBINE AUTHOR’S BACKGROUND   Elechi Amadi was born on May, 12, 1934 in Aluu near Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria. He attended Government College, Umuahia, for his secondary education, and proceeded to the then University College, Ibadan (now University of Ibadan) where he took a BSc. in Physics and Mathematics. He was a land surveyor and a teacher before he joined the Nigerian Army. He was commissioned and attached to the Military school, Zaira, where he became a Captain in 1966. During the Nigerian civil war. Amadi was a captain in the Federal Army in Port Harcourt. Amadi left the service of the Nigerian Army to serve in the government of his home state – Rivers State – where he subsequently became the Head, Ministry of Information, and later the Head, Ministry of Education. In addition to being a novelist (from where he derives his fame), Amadi is also a playwright having written plays, two of which have been published: Isiburu (1973),Peppe...