Chinweizu

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Chinweizu is a Nigerian critic, poet and journalist. He was born in Isuikwuato, Imo State and was educated at the Government college, Afikpo. He later attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for collegiate education. While studying in America, during the civil rights era, Chinweizu became influenced by the philosophy of a black arts movement. After his collegiate education, he started teaching overseas, at M.I.T. and San Jose State University. In a few years, he returned to Nigeria working as a columnist for some newspapers in the country and also creating a visible platform to promote a Pan African consciousness in the country. In Nigeria, he became a literary critic, attacking the elitism of some Nigerian authors, particularly, Wole Soyinka.

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• Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge, 2002