Award winning Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Adichie has lost her 88 year old father, Prof. James Nwoye Adichie to the cold hands of death. Adichie passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday night at Chira Memorial Hospital, Awkuzu, Anambra state. He was an Emeritus Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). He was 88.
Speaking on his death, his son Okey Adichie said;
“Our father, Professor J. N. Adichie, Odelora Abba, died late yesterday night, June 10, 2020, at Chira Memorial Hospital, Awkuzu.”
“Our father, Professor J. N. Adichie, Odelora Abba, died late yesterday night, June 10, 2020, at Chira Memorial Hospital, Awkuzu.”
Prof James Adichie was born in 1932 and went to Nimo Primary School and later moved to Akwuzu Primary School where he finished standard six. After primary education, he attended Our Lady’s High School, Onitsha, 1947-48, and Yaba Technical Institute (now College of Technology) Lagos, 1948-50.
He also attended University College, Ibadan, 1957-60, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1963-66International writer and renowned author, Chimamanda Adichie, has just lost her father, Prof. James Nwoye Adichie.
The writer who was born in the city of Enugu in Nigeria grew up as the fifth of six children in the university town of Nsukka in Enugu State. While she was growing up, her father, James Nwoye Adichie, worked as a professor of statistics at the University of Nigeria. Her mother, Grace Ifeoma, was the university’s first female registrar.The family lost almost everything during the Nigerian Civil War, including both maternal and paternal grandfathers. Her family’s ancestral village is in Abba in Anambra State.
He also attended University College, Ibadan, 1957-60, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1963-66International writer and renowned author, Chimamanda Adichie, has just lost her father, Prof. James Nwoye Adichie.
The writer who was born in the city of Enugu in Nigeria grew up as the fifth of six children in the university town of Nsukka in Enugu State. While she was growing up, her father, James Nwoye Adichie, worked as a professor of statistics at the University of Nigeria. Her mother, Grace Ifeoma, was the university’s first female registrar.The family lost almost everything during the Nigerian Civil War, including both maternal and paternal grandfathers. Her family’s ancestral village is in Abba in Anambra State.
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