Omenuko
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| Omenuko | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Pita Nwana |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | Igbo |
| Publication date | 1932 |
Omenuko by Pita Nwana (by trade a carpenter[1]) is the first novel to be written in the Igbo language[2], and the book was very successful among the Igbo people.[1]
Written in 1933, it won a prize in a competition run by the International African Institute[3] and is the biography of the eponymous slave-dealer,[4] originally being publisher in 1935.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ricard, Alain (2004). The languages & literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel. James Currey Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 9780852555811.
- ^ Nwana, Pita (2004) [First published in 1933]. Omenuko. translated by Frances W. Pritchett. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/igbo/omenuko/index.html#index. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Campbell, George L (1998). Concise compendium of the world's languages. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 9780415160490.
- ^ Obiechina, Emmanuel N (1973). An African popular literature: a study of Onitsha market pamphlets. CUP Archive. p. 15. ISBN 9780521097444.
- ^ Dathorne, O.R. (1975). African literature in the twentieth century. University of Minnesota Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780816607693.
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