Author | Pita Nwana |
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Original title | it is the first Nigerian novel to be written in Igbo language and successful among the Igbos tells story of the politician Igwegbe Odum and Aro who migrated to Arondizuogu |
Translator | Francis W Pritchette |
Language | Igbo |
Publication date | 1935 |
Publication place | Nigeria |
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] The book tells the life story of the politician Igwegbe Odum, an Aro Igbo who migrated to Arondizuogu.
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 published in 1935. [5]
Author | Pita Nwana |
---|---|
Original title | it is the first Nigerian novel to be written in Igbo language and successful among the Igbos tells story of the politician Igwegbe Odum and Aro who migrated to Arondizuogu |
Translator | Francis W Pritchette |
Language | Igbo |
Publication date | 1935 |
Publication place | Nigeria |
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] The book tells the life story of the politician Igwegbe Odum, an Aro Igbo who migrated to Arondizuogu.
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 published in 1935. [5]