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Nigerian literature is a literary writing in Nigeria often by her citizens. ... (The Life History of Me) about the life of a prostitute by Isaac B. Thomas, was ...
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 ...
Obi Wali (27 February 1932 – 26 April 1993) was a minority rights activist, politician, distinguished senator, literary scholar, and an orator from Nigeria. Among his achievements, he fought for the cause of the Ikwerre ethnic minorities and argued that African literature should be written in African languages.
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 .
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African literature is literature from Africa, ... Irele, Abiola, and Simon Gikandi (eds),The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature, 2 vols, Cambridge ...
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
Yesaya Chibambo, author of A Short History of the Ngoni (1933), translated into English by Rev. Charles Stuart. [21] Shadreck Chikoti (b. 1979), writer and social activist; Steve Chimombo (1945–2015), writer, poet, editor and teacher [22] Frank Chipasula (b. 1949), poet, writer, editor, publisher and academic [22]