Mutanen Birnin

People of the City shine littafi na farko na Cyprian Ekwensi wanda Andrew Dakers Ltd ya fara bugawa a shekara ta 1954. Littafin ya kasance magajin wasu litattafan birni a cikin al'adar Najeriya.Charles E. Nnolim (2010). Approaches to the African Novel: Essays in Analysis. African Books Collective. p. 198. ISBN 978-978-8422-19-8. 

 Ci gaba 
Ekwensi ya fara rubuta littafin yayin da yake karatun kantin magani a kan tallafin karatu a Jami'ar London.Adenekan, Shola (2008-01-24). "Cyprian Ekwensi". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-19.  Littafin, ya samo asali ne a matsayin jerin labaran da aka watsa a rediyo, ga 'yan Afirka ta Yamma da ke zaune a Burtaniya bayan Yaƙin Duniya na II.Okonkwo, Chidi (8 April 2014). "People of the City". In Paul Schellinger (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel. Routledge. pp. 984–985. ISBN 978-1-135-91826-2.

Mai sukar Chidi Okonkwo, ya ce manyan tasirin Ekwenksi yayin haɓaka littafin da salon rubuce-rubucensa, sun haɗa da "Westerns, masu bincike masu ban tsoro, labarun gabas kamar Arabian Nights", "Turai-hero-in-Africa" labarun, kamar na H. Rider Haggard, labaran kasada kamar Robert Louis Stevenson, da fina-finai na Indiya.  Okonkwo ya bayyana waɗannan tasirin kamar yadda ya rufe kwarewar Ekwensi ta baya ta fassara labarun 'yan asalin Afirka zuwa Turanci.Okonkwo, Chidi (8 April 2014). "People of the City". In Paul Schellinger (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel. Routledge. pp. 984–985. ISBN 978-1-135-91826-2.

 Hanyar da ake amfani da ita 
Littafin yana da sautin koyarwa.Okonkwo, Chidi (8 April 2014). "People of the City". In Paul Schellinger (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel. Routledge. pp. 984–985. ISBN 978-1-135-91826-2.

 Jigogi 
Littafin ya kalubalanci mulkin mallaka na Turai a Afirka.

 Tattaunawar wallafe-wallafen 
Karɓar farko na littafin ya kasance mai kyau, yana mai da hankali kan yanayin birni.Okonkwo, Chidi (8 April 2014). "People of the City". In Paul Schellinger (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Novel. Routledge. pp. 984–985. ISBN 978-1-135-91826-2.

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