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Flora Nwapa
Nigerian writer and publisher (–)
Flora Nwapa | |
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| Born | Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa ()13 January Oguta, Nigeria |
| Died | 16 October () (aged62) Enugu, Nigeria |
| Occupation | Author and publisher |
| Almamater | University College, Ibadan; Edinburgh University |
| Genres | Novels; short stories; poems; plays |
| Notable works | Efuru () Idu () This Is Lagos and Other Stories () |
| Spouse | Chief Gogo Nwakuche |
| Children | 3 |
Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January – 16 October ), was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African Literature.[1] She was the forerunner to a generation of African women writers, and the first African woman novelist to be published in the English language in Britain. She achieved international recognition with her first novel Efuru, published in by Heinemann Educational Books. While never considering herself a feminist, she was best known for recreating life and traditions from