INTRODUCTION: 2016 marks the golden anniversary of the publication of the novel Efuru by Flora Nwapa. Efuru is a novel by Flora Nwapa which was published in 1966 as number 26 in Heinemann's African Writers Series, making it the first published book by an African woman writer. BACKGROUND Flora Nwapa was born on January 13th, 1931 in Oguta in the present day Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. Flora attended Oguta CMS Central School, Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls School, Elelenwo, Rivers State; CMS Girls Grammar School, Lagos, and Queens College, Yaba, Lagos in 1951-52. She then proceeded to the University College Ibadan (University of Ibadan) in 1953 where she graduated with Bachelor’s Degree in Art (BA) in 1957. The next year, she went to the University of Edinburgh, Scotland and finished with a Diploma in education. Upon her return to Nigeria in 1959, her initial work experience started as an educational officer in Calabar, Cross R...
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