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Post 2010 Nigerian literature focuses on real life in metropolitan Nigeria and the influence of social networks on Nigerian social life. Among the younger Nigerian authors is Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, who won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the best debut novel with I Do Not Come to You by Chance in 2010. It describes the story of a young ...
Igbó Olódùmarè (English translation: The Forest of God) is the second novel by the Yorùbá author D. O. Fágúnwà, published in 1949 by Thomas Nelson. [1] It is a prequel to his first book and details the adventures of Olowo-Aiye, the father of the protagonist in Ògbójú Ọdẹ nínú Igbó Irúnmọlẹ̀.
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.
Its theme is the struggle for material wealth in Nigerian society. [59] [36] Chief Frederick Chidozie Ogbalu (1927–1990) was a Nigerian writer and educator known predominantly known for standardising the Igbo language through his Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture. Ogbalu in his lifetime published essays, guidebooks and novels in ...
The future Grace teaches at an Igbo school and delivers seminars on southern Nigerian history after learning about a Western-educated Nigerian historian who resigned upon hearing that African history was to be added to the university syllabus. In later years, Grace returns to Nigeria and changes her name to Afamefuna, the Igbo name that Nwamgba ...
Yoruba literature is the spoken and written literature of the Yoruba people, one of the largest ethno-linguistic groups in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. The Yoruba language is spoken in Nigeria , Benin , and Togo , as well as in dispersed Yoruba communities throughout the world.
Since the early 1990s, several novels have been published to mark the advent of the third generation of Nigerian writers. During this time, some Nigerian writers wrote breakaway literature writings, which were quite different from the norm; such writings include: The Famished Road (1991) by Ben Okri, The Icarus Girl (2005) by Helen Oyeyemi, GraceLand (2004) by Chris Abani and Masters of the ...
Efik literature (Efik: N̄wed ikọ Efịk) is literature spoken or written in the Efik language, particularly by Efik people or speakers of the Efik language. Traditional Efik literature can be classified as follows; Ase (commemorative poetry), Uto (epic poetry), Mbụk (consisting of myths, legends and historical stories), N̄ke (consisting of riddles, proverbs and tongue twisters) and ...