Omenuko

<i>Omenuko</i>

Omenuko

1933 Igbo novel by Pita Nwana

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] The book tells the life story of the politician Igwegbe Odum, an Aro Igbo who migrated to Arondizuogu.

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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 published in 1935.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Ricard, Alain (2004). The languages & literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel. James Currey Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-85255-581-1.
  2. [2]
    Nwana, Pita (2004) [First published in 1933]. Omenuko. Translated by Frances W. Pritchett. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  3. [3]
    Campbell, George L (1998). Concise compendium of the world's languages. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-415-16049-0.
  4. [4]
    Obiechina, Emmanuel N (1973). An African popular literature: a study of Onitsha market pamphlets. CUP Archive. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-521-09744-4.
  5. [5]
    Dathorne, O.R. (1975). African literature in the twentieth century. University of Minnesota Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8166-0769-3.


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