Check out link for details of upcoming book tour and appearances:
We are thrilled to Host Ngozi Achebe Author of ONAEDO- The Blacksmith’s Daughter on these dates: February 16th to 20th, 2011
For more details and review visist authors Website: http://www.ngoziachebe.com/
Ngozi Achebe was raised in Nigeria and also spent time in England, where she was born. Her interest in 15th and 16th century history was the catalyst for writing Onaedo – The Blacksmith’s Daughter which is her debut novel. Her uncle is Chinua Achebe, author, Professor at Brown University, and critic, best known for his book Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. She currently lives in Olympia, Washington with her children Jennifer and Nnamdi and is a practicing physician.In a brief synopsis of the book from the author’s website, ‘Onaedo – The Blacksmith’s Daughter’ is described as “…a work of fiction and the tale of two women separated by four hundred years of history. Maxine, a modern American woman who is half-white and half-African comes across a set of diaries written by a slave in the 16th century and tries to write a book about it. She uses elements of the discovered diaries in her book and also information she has discovered herself based on ancient stories retold to her by a collaborator.”
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