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Nigerian literature is a literary writing in Nigeria often by her citizens. It encompasses writers in a number of languages spoken in Nigeria including Igbo, Urhobo, Yoruba, Hausa and Nupe. [1] Things Fall Apart (1958) by Chinua Achebe is one of the milestones in African literature.
This page is a list of novelists born in or associated with the African country of Nigeria This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This is a list of Nigerian writers This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Idé Adamou (1951– ), poet and novelist; Ousmane Amadou (1948–2018), poet, novelist, lawyer and journalist; Djibo Bakary (1922–1998), politician and writer; Ada Boureïma, writer
The Third Generation of Nigeria Writers is an emerging phase of Nigerian literature, in which there is a major shift in both the method of publishing and the themes explored. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This set of writers are known for writing post-independence novels and poems.
Simple English; Slovenčina; Svenska; Türkçe; ... Pages in category "Nigerian literature" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (24 April 1921 – 25 March 2019) [1] was a Nigerian poet [2] and novelist who was born in Bumoundi in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria.The first modernist poet of Anglophone Africa, he is best known for his early experimental novel, The Voice (1964), and his award-winning poetry, published in The Fisherman's Invocation (1978) [3] and The Dreamer, His Vision (2005). [4]
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) is a non-profit organization that promotes Nigerian literature. It represents Nigerian creative writers at home and abroad. It was founded in 1981 by Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe as its president. [1] [2] The immediate past President is Alhaji Denja Abdullahi.