Chidi Chike Achebe, Date of Birth

Chidi Chike Achebe

physician

Date of Birth: 24-May-1967

Profession: business executive

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Chidi Chike Achebe (born 24 May 1967) is a Nigerian-American physician executive.
He is the chairman and CEO of AIDE – African Integrated Development Enterprise.
He has served as the president and CEO of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center as well as assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Achebe currently serves as medical consultant; Clean water for kids – an NGO that brings fresh water to underserved communities in Liberia; and advisor for Tesfa Health, Bahirdar, Ethiopia. Born in Enugu in southeastern Nigeria, Achebe is the third child of Chinua Achebe and Professor Christie Chinwe Okoli-Achebe.
His father is regarded as the "father of modern African literature" and best known for the trilogy of classic African novels Things Fall Apart (1958); "No Longer at Ease" (1960); and "Arrow of God" (1964).
In 1972, shortly after the end of the civil war between Republic of Biafra and Nigeria, the family moved to the U.S.
for about five years while his father held professorships at American universities.
They resided again in Nigeria during the 1980s, before returning to America.
His younger sister Nwando Achebe is an award-winning historian and professor at Michigan State University. Chidi Achebe is married to Maureen Okam-Achebe who is a Hematology/Oncology specialist at Harvard University's Brigham and Women's hospital.
They have three sons.