Nsukka Province from 1970-71. After the Nigerian Civil War, he was appointed Chairman, Planning and Management Committee of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was responsible for reopening and managing the institution as the interim Chief Executive immediately after the war. He served as the Registrar of West African Examination Council from 1971 to 1979 as the first Nigerian Chief Executive of the organization. He had also worked with Daily Times and University Press plc as a Director in both organizations. He retired from public service in 1979 and became a visiting Professor of English Language and Literature at University of Jos from 1983 - 1985. Between 1990 1991, he was the Pro-chancellor and Chairman of Council, University of Benin, Benin-City. He was the President, Nigerian Book Foundation from 1991 until his death in 2020. Bibliography Toads for Supper (London: Harvill Press, 1965) The Naked Gods (London: Harvill Press, 1970) The Potter's Wheel (London: Harvill Press, 1973) Sunset at Dawn (Collins & Harvill Press, 1976) Expo '77 (Fontana, 1980) The Chicken Chasers (Fontana, 1980) The Bottled Leopard (1985) Our Children Are Coming (Ibadan: Spectrum Books 1990) Conspiracy of Silence (Longman, 2001) References 1931 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Nigerian writers Government College Umuahia alumni Igbo writers International Writing Program alumni Nigerian writers People from Anambra State Stanford University alumni University of Ibadan alumni