Chidi Chike Achebe

Achebe was awarded the 2012 Dartmouth College Martin Luther King Award (Ongoing Category). In May, 2022, Dr. Chidi Achebe was awarded the John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science by Bard College for his work with the underserved in the USA and globally. The award had previously been presented to the two time Nobel Laureate, Professor Linus Pauling, as well as Nobel laureate Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Mathilde Krim and Lewis Thomas.

Chidi Chike Achebe (born 24 May 1967) is a Nigerian-American physician executive. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of AIDE (African Integrated Development Enterprise). AIDE is a Boston based organization dedicated to the development of the African continent. Dr. Achebe has also served as the president and CEO of Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center, Medical Director of Whittier Street Health Center and as assistant professor at Tufts University School of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine– all in Boston, Massachusetts. Achebe also 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 Nigerian civil war, 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 a historian and professor at Michigan State University.