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2. University Press plc - Wikipedia

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   University Press plc (UPPLC) is Nigeria's largest indigenous book publisher. It was founded as the Nigerian branch of the British Oxford University Press [1] in 1949 with the name Oxford University Press (OUP), Nigeria. At incorporation [2] as a public liability company in 1978, the company's name was changed to University Press Limited. [3]

3. Kola Onadipe - Wikipedia

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   Kola Onadipe was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, Nigeria.He was born into a polygamous family and was the second son of his mother. Onadipe studied law at the University of London in 1949 and later opened a law firm with his close friend Abraham Adesanya.

4. Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo - Wikipedia

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   Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo // ⓘ is a Nigerian author and educator, whose published work includes novels, poetry, short stories, books for children, essays and journalism. [1] She is the winner of several awards in Nigeria, including the Nigeria Prize for Literature .

5. Chike and the River - Wikipedia

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   Reviewing a 2011 reprint of the book, New York Journal of Books said: "In Chike and the River, young readers get an intimate look at African life, learn about the Niger River, and connect with Chike as if he was their own sibling. The brilliance of Mr. Achebe’s prose is his ability to make a readers feel like an omniscient sprite on Chike’s ...

6. Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi - Wikipedia

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   Africa Wo/man Palava: The Nigerian novel by women (1996) Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (born 1939) is a Nigerian academic, a literary critic and writer. She taught at Sarah Lawrence College and she is best known for her articles and books concerning the theory of Womanism and the African Diaspora .

7. Female education in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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   Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]

8. Buchi Emecheta - Wikipedia

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   Buchi Emecheta OBE (born Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta [florens oɲebut͡ʃi emet͡ʃeta]; 21 July 1944 – 25 January 2017) was a Nigerian writer [1] who was the author of novels, plays, autobiography, and children's books.

9. Cyprian Ekwensi - Wikipedia

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   His novel Drummer Boy (1960), based on the life of Benjamin 'Kokoro' Aderounmu was a perceptive and powerful description of the wandering, homeless and poverty-stricken life of a street artist. [6] His most successful novel was Jagua Nana (1961), [ 7 ] about a Pidgin -speaking Nigerian woman who leaves her husband to work as a prostitute in a ...