Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa

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Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa, better known as Flora Nwapa, was a pioneering Nigerian novelist and publisher often regarded as the mother of modern African women’s literature.

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instanceOf African literature pioneer
feminist writer
human
novelist
publisher
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria
dateOfBirth 1931-01-13
dateOfDeath 1993-10-16
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
University of Ibadan NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Igbo people NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork African literature
postcolonial literature
women's writing
firsts one of the first African women novelists to be published internationally in English
gender female
genre children's literature
folklore
novel
short story
hasChild three children
hasName Flora Nwapa NERFINISHED
influenced African women writers
contemporary Nigerian literature
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement African feminism
African literary renaissance NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Igbo language NERFINISHED
notableWork Efuru NERFINISHED
Idu NERFINISHED
Never Again NERFINISHED
One is Enough NERFINISHED
Women Are Different NERFINISHED
notedFor being the mother of modern African women’s literature
portrayal of Igbo women’s lives
occupation civil servant
publisher
teacher
writer
placeOfBirth Oguta NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Enugu NERFINISHED
positionHeld commissioner for health of East Central State of Nigeria
commissioner for lands, survey and urban development of East Central State of Nigeria
publisherOf Flora Nwapa and Co. NERFINISHED
Tana Press NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
spouse Gogo Nwapa

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Flora Nwapa fullName Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa