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The list of Igbo literary authors with works written in Igbo includes both established and emerging male and female writers: Anthony Uchenna Ubesie (22 February 1950 — 11 February 1994) was an Igbo-language novelist, poet, playwright. Ubesie published series of novels from 1973 till his death.
Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀ (lit. ' The Brave Hunter in the Forest of 400 Deities ') is the first novel written by the Yorùbá author D.O. Fágúnwà.It was published by the Church Missionary Society Bookshop, Lagos in 1938 and is one of the first novels written in Yorùbá [1] It tells the story of the adventures of the hunter Akara-Ogun.
In addition to his seminal novels, Achebe's oeuvre includes numerous short stories, poetry, essays and children's books. A titled Igbo chief himself, his style relies heavily on the Igbo oral tradition, and combines straightforward narration with representations of folk stories, proverbs, and oratory. Among the many themes his works cover are ...
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Fagunwa remains the most widely read Yorùbá-language author, and a major influence on such contemporary writers as Amos Tutuola. [10] [11] He also used Greek myths and Shakespearean stories as themes in his books, such as in his book Igbo Olodumare, where the character Baba-onirugbon-yeuke tells a story similar to Romeo and Juliet.
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It was one of the first novels to be written in any African language. Fagunwa wrote other works based on similar themes, and remains the most widely read Yorùbá-language author. Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was greatly inspired by Fagunwa, but wrote in an intentionally rambling, broken English, reflecting the oral tradition of Nigerian Pidgin ...
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 ...