AMADI (Elechi).

Sunset in Biafra.

PRESENTATION COPY

First edition. 8vo. A very good copy in the publisher’s tan cloth, some minor edgewear to dustjacket. [iv], 184pp. London, Heinemann, 1973.

£1,250.00

A rare presentation copy in the year of publication: “Daniel with Compliments, Elechi Amadi 30/9/73.”

Though better known as a playwright and novelist, Elechi Amadi (1934-2016) was also a member of the Nigerian Armed Forces. This is his only work of non-fiction, an edited version of the diary he kept during the Biafran war. He emerged with the rank of captain.

A vital figure in Nigerian life and letters. This is one of the most important, and personal accounts of the war.

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