EP 64 - Flora Nwapa: The Mother of Modern African Literature

EP 64 - Flora Nwapa: The Mother of Modern African Literature

In This Episode:

I will introduce you to the Mother of Modern African Literature, Flora Nwapa. She was on the most popular African Authors, who changed the face of writing. She was a woman ahead of her time, a feminist before it was “cool” to be one.

Flora Nwapa was a strong African woman with a voice, who expressed herself through her books.

Mentioned In This Episode:

1. Buchi Emecheta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchi_Emecheta
2 Elechi Amadi: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi
3 Ngugi Wa tihiong’o: https://ngugiwathiongo.com/
4 Wangari Maathia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangari_Maathai
5 Flora Nwapa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora_Nwapa
6 Chinua Achebe:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinua_Achebe
7 Wole Soyinka: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_Soyinka
8 University of Ibadan: http://www.ui.edu.ng/
9 Edinburgh University: https://www.ed.ac.uk/
10 University of Lagos: https://unilag.edu.ng/
11 Alvan Ikoku College of Education: https://www.alvanikoku.edu.ng/
12 Efuru: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efuru
13 Things Fall Apart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_Fall_Apart
14 Heinemann: https://www.heinemann.com/
15 Idu: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idu_(novel)
16 Never Again: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898307.Never_Again
17 One Is Enough: https://www.amazon.com/One-Enough-Africa-Women-Writers/dp/0865433232
18 Women are Different: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898305.Women_Are_Different
19 This is Lagos: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/898312.This_Is_Lagos_and_Other_Stories
20 Wives at War: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/898311.Wives_at_War_and_Other_Stories
21 Cassava Song and Rice Song: https://www.amazon.com/Cassava-Song-Flora-Nwapa-Poetry/dp/B001CAT29M
22 New York University: https://www.nyu.edu/
23 Trinity College: https://www.trincoll.edu/
24 The University of Minnesota: https://twin-cities.umn.edu/
25 The University of Michigan https://umich.edu/
26 The University of Ilorin: http://www.unilorin.edu.ng/

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