Description
Of Wives, Talismans and the Dead is a collection of short stories by influential author I.N.C. Aniebo. Written originally in the 1960s, these tales explore superstition, Westernisation, and the rising tensions of an unequal society in post-independent Nigeria.
About the Author
Ifeanyichukwu Ndubuisi Chikezie Aniebo, commonly known as I.N.C. Aniebo, is a novelist and short story writer born in 1939 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Aniebo attended Umuahia Government College alongside other prominent writers such as Chinua Achebe, Elechi Amadi, and Ken Saro-Wiwa before training as a military officer to fight for Biafra in the Nigerian Civil War. His first short stories were published in magazines and journals, written under a pseudonym to avoid censorship. His writing primarily explores the abuses of power in society and the horrors of the Civil War. Aniebo studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, before returning to Nigeria in 1979 to teach Creative Writing and Literature at the English Department of the University of Port Harcourt.
Book Information
ISBN 9781035900497
Author I.N.C. Aniebo
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Apollo
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC