Nigeria, June 30, 2016 -Celebrated author of Peppersoup and several other books, Elechi Amadi is dead. He was 82. He died at the Goodheart Hospital, Port Harcourt.
A member of his family, Barrister Wabueze Amadi, who confirmed his death said he passed on at about 3.45pm at the hospital.
Amadi, one of the first generation of African writers wrote The Concubine, The Great Ponds, Isiburu, Sunset in Biafra, Dance of Johannesburg, Peppersoup, The Road to Ibadan, The Slave, Estrangement and the Woman of Calaber.
Born on 12 May, 1934 in Aluu community, Ikwerre local government area. Amadi attended the famous Government Gollege , Umuahia, from where he went to the University college, Ibadan where he bagged a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Mathematics.
He served in the 3rd Marine Commandos of the Nigerian Army and was first Commissioner for Education in the old Rivers state and also served as Commissioner for Lands and Housing.
He was Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Education and a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria . He lived in his community, Aluu until his death.
