Obiamaka achebe biography
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Obiamaka Chinelo Azie was born in Lagos and grew up in Lagos and Abuja. She has four siblings which includes a twin brother. She studied Medicine and Surgery at the University of Benin, Nigeria.[1]
She lives on the Wirral Penninsula in North West England with her husband and two daughters. She works part time as a family doctor. Apart from reading and writing, she enjoys watching crime TV shows (her favourite show is Law and Order), painting and travelling.[2]
Amaka says she’s always wanted to write since she was a teenager and this intensified after she joined the Press Club in secondary school (Federal Government Girls’ College, Onitsha). In 2016, she met a publisher who encouraged her to follow her dreams and write.[3]
She has four published books:
Melodies of Love
Thorns and Roses
Starting Over Again
The Senator’s Daughter
Amaka is on Twitter @AmakaAzie, Instagram amaka.azie and Facebook Amaka Azie.
[1]Amaka Azie, Mary Okeke Reviews; Introducing the lovely Amaka Azie: your next favourite romance author, Eden Walker Blog.
[2] About the Author, The Senator’s Daughter; Relationship Drama, Romance in Nigeria and Self Publishing With Amaka Azie, Author of St
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Law, justice, presentday gender : (re)gendering description legal tone in ogidi, igboland
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