Omenuko
Encyclopedia
Omenuko by Pita Nwana is the first novel
to be written in the Igbo language
, and the book was very successful among the Igbo people.
Written in 1933, it won a prize in a competition run by the International African Institute
and is the biography of the eponymous slave-dealer, originally being publisher in 1935.
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
to be written in the Igbo language
Igbo language
Igbo , or Igbo proper, is a native language of the Igbo people, an ethnic group primarily located in southeastern Nigeria. There are approximately 20 million speakers that are mostly in Nigeria and are primarily of Igbo descent. Igbo is a national language of Nigeria. It is written in the Latin...
, and the book was very successful among the Igbo people.
Written in 1933, it won a prize in a competition run by the International African Institute
International African Institute
The International African Institute was founded in 1926 in London for the study of African languages...
and is the biography of the eponymous slave-dealer, originally being publisher in 1935.