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Flora Nwapa

1931 - 1993

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Chief Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (13 January 1931 – 16 October 1993), was a Nigerian author who has been called the mother of modern African Literature. 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 1966 by Heinemann Educational Books. While never considering herself a feminist, she was best known for recreating life and traditions from an Igbo woman's viewpoint. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Flora Nwapa is the 5,864th most popular writer (up from 6,208th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from Nigeria (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Nigerian Writer.

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Among writers, Flora Nwapa ranks 5,864 out of 7,302. Before her are Mark Haddon, John Keel, Karel Schoeman, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Lady Charlotte Guest, and Paul-Eerik Rummo. After her are Daniel Goldhagen, James Hogg, Stanislava Staša Zajović, Charlotte Mary Yonge, Karim Rashid, and Charles Wilkins.

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Among people born in 1931, Flora Nwapa ranks 518. Before her are Gordon Pirie, Billy Bingham, Marc Bouissou, Ann Rule, Gustav-Adolf Schur, and Tomimaru Okuni. After her are Carlos Graça, Ray Bryant, István Gulyás, Algis Budrys, Tadeusz Rut, and Thomas Shardelow. Among people deceased in 1993, Flora Nwapa ranks 258. Before her are Tahirou Congacou, Danny Blanchflower, Mary Philbin, Lien Gisolf, Utpal Dutt, and Albert Hyzler. After her are Jean Tamini, Conway Twitty, Ray Gillen, Heinrich Albertz, Billy Eckstine, and Göta Pettersson.

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In Nigeria

Among people born in Nigeria, Flora Nwapa ranks 65 out of 309. Before her are Stephen Keshi (1962), Uche Okechukwu (1967), Israel Adesanya (1989), Victor Ikpeba (1973), Ernest Shonekan (1936), and Chukwudi Iwuji (1975). After her are Kelechi Iheanacho (1996), Celestine Babayaro (1978), Daniel Amokachi (1972), Vincent Enyeama (1982), Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti (1900), and Victor Boniface (2000).

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Among WRITERS In Nigeria

Among writers born in Nigeria, Flora Nwapa ranks 7. Before her are Wole Soyinka (1934), Chinua Achebe (1930), Olaudah Equiano (1745), Amos Tutuola (1920), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977), and Buchi Emecheta (1944). After her are Ben Okri (1959), Okwui Enwezor (1963), Cyprian Ekwensi (1921), Sefi Atta (1964), Chris Abani (1966), and Helen Oyeyemi (1984).

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