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Flora Nwapa

Flora Nwapa (1931–1993) was a Nigerian novelist, writer and poet.

Also recorded as Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa · Mother of Modern African Literature · Flora Nwapa Nwakuche

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Biography

Born at Oguta in 1931, died in Enugu in 1993.

Flora Nwapa studied at University of Edinburgh and University of Ibadan. The recorded working language is English, Nigerian Pidgin and Igbo.

The field of work recorded is writer, novelist and children's writer.

Employment is recorded with University of Minnesota, University of Michigan and New York University.

Works named in the authority record are Efuru, One is Enough, Wives at War and This is Lagos, and other stories.

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  • Oguta

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  • Enugu

    Death place

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