Emeka (book)

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Emeka
cover of the 1991 revised paperback edition
AuthorFrederick Forsyth
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiography Non-fiction
PublisherSpectrum Books
Publication date
1982
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)

Emeka a biography by English writer Frederick Forsyth about his friend Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, head of the state of Biafra, a republic that seceded from Nigeria and was briefly independent. The book was published in 1982. In 1991 a revised edition was published.

"Emeka" is an abbreviation of the Igbo name "Chukwuemeka" (meaning "God has done so much").[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chukwuemeka". Behind the Name.