There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra

Abubakar, Iya, 27

Aburi Accord (1967), 85–87

Achebe, Augustine (brother), 8, 29, 172, 183, 188

Achebe, Chidi (son), 88–89, 190

Achebe, Chinelo (daughter), 65, 68, 69, 200–201

Achebe, Chinua. See also specific topics

on African literature, 53–61

on Biafran new-nation committees, 143–49

and Biafra war. See Nigeria-Biafra war

children of, 65, 68, 88–89

children’s books of, 9

Christian background of, 7–8, 10–14

on Christianity versus ancestral religion, 11–14

and Christopher Okigbo. See Okigbo, Christopher

on cultural crossroads, 8–10

early stories, publication of, 33

education of, 15–29, 33–35

family background, 7–14

flees after 1966 coup,

67–72

Igbo traditions, early exposure to, 8–10, 12–13, 18–19

Igbo traditions and writing, 39, 55

London, first trip, 37

Man of the People, A, 52, 63, 161

meets Christie Okoli Achebe (wife), 31–32

on moral obligation as writer, 53, 55, 58–59

on Nigeria in present, 243–53

at Nigerian Broadcasting Company (NBC), 33, 35–37, 65, 67, 70

at Nigerian Broadcasting Service (NBS), 30–31

political activities post-war, 244