Onitsha is a major town linking the Eastern part of Nigeria with the Western part, divided by the Niger River. It occupies the northernmost point of the river which in
Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe was born in Onitsha on May 14, 1941, the first child of Akunne Anthony Chinwuba, and Chukwuebuka Winifred Ogbenyeanu, Achebe. He is a direct descendant of Ezechima,