Updated Tue, July 5th 2016 at 18:49 GMT +3Curtains have come down on the illustrious and one of the pioneers of African literature Elechi Amadi. Renowned for his classic The Concubine, Elechi died at the Good Hospital at Port Harcourt for unknown illness yesterday evening. He put the African story in the map of the World," remembers Professor of comparative Literature Chris Wanjala of Elechi. Elechi was in town to see he logistics of reprinting of his book by the powerhouse East Afrcan Educational Publishers then. READ MORE Nigeria's Elechi Amadi, author of The Concubine, takes final bow"He is one of the pioneers of African writing apart from his compatriot Chinua Achebe and Sierra Leonean William Conton.

Source: Standard Digital July 05, 2016 16:07 UTC