Flora Nwapa

Novelist, Author

1931 – 1993

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Who was Flora Nwapa?

Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa was a Nigerian author best known as Flora Nwapa. Her novel Efuru is among the first English-language novels by a woman from Africa.

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Born
Jan 13, 1931
Oguta
Ethnicity
  • Igbo people
Nationality
  • Nigeria
Profession
Education
  • University of Ibadan
  • University of Edinburgh
Died
Oct 16, 1993
Enugu

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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