Omenuko
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| Author | Pita Nwana |
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| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | Igbo |
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Publication date
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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]
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