Flora Nwapa

Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa (abodin: /ˈflɔːrə/ /ŋˈwoʊpɑː/) (13  Ɔpɛpɔn 1931 – 16 Ahinime 1993) a na wɔtae frɛ no Flora Nwapa, na ɔyɛ Alata ni baa wɔ hu no ɔkandifo sɛ ɛba no nwoma atwerɛAfrican literature. Wɔyɛ ɔbaa ɔdi kan sɛ ɛba no Enyiresi Brɔfo nwoma twerɛ  na ɔnyaa abɔdin  wɔ ɛho ,Margaret Busby, "Flora Nwapa", Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent (1992), Vintage: 1993, p. 399. ne nwoma a  ɛdi kan Efuru baa afe 1966 Heinemann Educational Books na otimtim. Na wonhu ne ho sɛ  obi a na ɔreko ma mmaa mputuo nso  ɔgyee ne din wɔ san kwan yi so aberɛ  ɔresesa kwan a Ibo mmaa hunu nneɛma .Susan Leisure, "Nwapa, Flora", Postcolonial Studies @ Emory, Emory University, Fall 1996.

Nwapa nso ka wɔn a ɔmo boa ma osisie Alata ɛberɛ a Biafra ntɔkwa no twaa. Wɔne nnyanka ɛne nkurofoɔ ntɔkwa no nti wɔn ni baabi te na ɛyɛɛ adwuma.  Afei nso ɔtwerɛ nnwoma bebree a ɛboa >Abibre mmaa mputuo .Literary Encyclopedia Na ɔyɛ obaa ɔdi kan aberɛ a wobue Tana Press   wɔ afe 1970s.

 Mfe edikan ne nwomasua 
Wɔwoo Nwapa wɔ  Oguta,Hamilton, Janice, Nigeria in Pictures, p. 71. ,ɛwɔ  Alata  anafoɔ-apue na ɔye piese ma   Owura Krisofa  Igyeoma  ( ɔdwumani wɔ United Africa Company) ne Mata Nwapa,  ɔkyerɛkyerɛni a ɔkyerɛ yikyerɛ wɔn mma nsia no mu  ."Interesting Things About Flora Nwapa, Nigeria’s First Female Novelist", Information Nigeria, 1 March 2013. Flora Nwapa kɔɔ sukuu wɔ Oguta, Port Harcourt ne Lagos. Flora nyaa na abodin  BA degree wɔ Ibadan Suapɔn mu, wɔ afe1957. Afei ɔkɔɔ  Skotland  kɔɔ sukuu wɔ Endibra Suapɔn mu na ɔnyaa abɔdin  Diploma in Education from wɔ afe 1958.

 Adekyerɛ ne Abandwuma 
 Nwapa firi Enyiresi baa Alata  no ɔhy aduma ase wɔ Nwomasua Asoeɛ  wɔ Kalaba sɛ Nwomasua Dwumayɛni kɔsi afe  1959. Afei ɔbɛyɛɛ ɔkyerɛkyerɛni wɔ Queen's School in Enugu, wɔkyerɛɛ firi afe 1959)

 Atwerɛ 
Nwapa nwoma a ɛdi , Efuru, baa afe 1966 na wohu saa nwoma sɛ ɛyɛ adikanfo sɛ brofo nwoma a Abibire mu ɔbaa twerɛ. Saa nwoma yi  ɔde Alata ni barima a na ɔno nso ɔtwerɛnwoma a na wagye ne din a wɔfrɛ no Chinua Akyebɛ  wɔ afe1962.  Akyebɛ nso di anigyeɛ twerɛɛ de sika mpo mane no sɛ wonfa nkɔ ma wɔn adumakuo  Heinemann wɔtimtim krataa wɔ brɔfo mu .Ainehi Edoro, Flora Nwapa and the Letter That Changed Nigerian Literature Forever, thejournalist.org.za, retrieved March 2017Ezenwa-Ohaeto, Chinua Achebe: A Biography,p. 93, ISBN 0253333423 (ISBN 9780253333421), via google-books

Wei akyiri no ɔtwerɛɛ Idu (1970), Never Again (1975), One is Enough (1981), and Women Are Different Wɔtwerɛɛ (1986) nwoma mmienu a na ɛwɔ anansesɛm bebree   This Is Lagos (1971) and Wives at War (1980) and the volume of poems Cassava Song and Rice Song (1986).  Watwerɛ mmofra anasesem bebree.

Afe 1974 wɔtee Tana  Press wɔ 1977 wɔtee Nwapa Company, a  detwerɛ mmofra anasesem bebree a na  ɛyɛ ɔnoa na atwerɛ ne nea amanfoɔ  atwerɛ .Hans M. Zell, "Publishing and Book Development in Africa: A Bibliography" (Studies on Books and Reading, UNESCO), p. 4. Botae a na ɛsi n'ani so ne sɔ  ɔbekyerɛ mmaa ne wɔn aɔko ma mmaa yidie.  (both with capital F and mall f) about the role of women in Nigeria, their economic independence, their relationship with their husbands and children, their traditional beliefs and their status in the community as a whole"."Frankfurt Book Fair 1980", Flora Nwapa interviewed in The African Book Publishing Record, Vol. Tana has been described as "the first press run by a woman and targeted at a largely female audience. A project far beyond its time at a period when no one saw African women as constituting a community of readers or a book-buying demographic.""Flora Nwapa and the Letter That Changed Nigerian Literature Forever", Brittle Paper, 3 February 2016.

 Mfie a etwa to 
Nwapa adekyerɛ adwuman no toa so aberɛ a ɔkokyerɛ wɔ kɔ  kyerɛ adeɛ wɔ Suapɔn bebree mu ɛbi ne  New York University, Trinity College, the University of Minnesota, the University of Michigan and the University of Ilorin.

Flora Nwapa wuie wɔ  Ahimime bosome da 1 6 wɔ afe  1993 wɔ  Enugu Ayaresabea,wɔ Alata  na wadi mfie 62 Awɔ yareɛ na ɛkum no .Brenda F, Berrian, "In Memoriam: Flora Nwapa (1931–1993", Signs, Vol. 20, No. 4, Postcolonial, Emergent, and Indigenous Feminisms (Summer 1995), pp. 996–999.

 Nwuma ahoroɔ 
 Efuru, Heinemann Educational Books, 1966; Waveland Press, 2013, ISBN 9781478613275
 Idu, Heinemann African Writers Series, No. 56, ISBN 0-435-90056-0; 1970
 Never Again, Enugu: Tana Press, 1975; Nwamife, 1976; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433182
 One Is Enough, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Co., 1981; Tana Press, 1984; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433229
 Women are Different, Enugu: Tana Press, 1986; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433267
 This Is Lagos and Other Stories, Enugu: Nwamife, 1971; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433212
 Cassava Song and Rice Song, Enugu: Tana Press, 1986
 Wives at War and Other Stories, Enugu: Nwamife, 1980; Flora Nwapa Co./Tana Press, 1984; Africa World Press, 1992, ISBN 9780865433281
 The Adventures of Deke, Enugu: Tana Press, 1986
 Emeka, Driver's Guard, London: University of London Press, 1972; Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1987
 Mammywater, 1979; Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1984
 Journey to Space, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1980
 The Miracle Kittens, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Company, 1980
 The Adventures of Deke, Enugu: Flora Nwapa Co., 1980

 Abodin 
Woayɛ, ɛmade by Onyeka Nwelue,Wealth Ominabo Dickson, Interview with Onyeka Nwelue, Premium Times, 18 August 2016. that premiered in August 2016.Cheta Igbokwe, "Onyeka Nwelue’s ‘House of Nwapa’ Documentary Film Premiers in Zimbabwe", State Reporters, 28 August 2016.Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, "‘Why I made a documentary on Flora Nwapa’", Daily Trust, 2 October 2016.Ikhide R. Ikheloa, "Flora Nwapa and the house that Onyeka Nwelue built for her", Ikhide blog, 27 November 2016.

 Hwehwɛ wei nom nso 
 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
 Buchi Emecheta
 Rosemary Esehagu
 Karen King-Aribisala
 Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani
 Taiwo Odubiyi
 Ifeoma Okoye
 Chinelo Okparanta
 Ukamaka Olisakwe
 Helen Ovbiagele
 Lola Shoneyin
 Adaora Lily Ulasi

 References 

 Mpensɛnpɛnmu 
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 Andrade, Susan Z., "Rewriting History, Motherhood and Rebellion", Research in African Literatures 21. (1990): 91-110.
 Ezeigbo, Theodora Akachi, "Traditional Women’s Institutions in Igbo Society: Implications for the Igbo Female Writer", Languages and Cultures 3. (1990): 149-65.
 Githaiga, Anna, Notes on Flora Nwapa's "Efuru", Nairobi: Heinemann Educational Books, 1979.
 Ikonne, Chidi, "The Society and Woman’s Quest for Selfhood in Flora Nwapa’s Early Novels". Kunapipi 6. (1984): 68-78.
 Nzegwu, Femi, Love, Motherhood and the African Heritage: The Legacy of Flora Nwapa, African Renaissance Foundation (paperback 2003), ISBN 1-903625-09-2
 Ogunyemi, Chikwenye Okonjo, Africa Wo/Man Palava, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.
 Umeh, Marie, Emerging Perspectives on Flora Nwapa: Critical and Theoretical Essays, Africa World Press (1998), ISBN 0-86543-515-4
 Wilentz, Gay, Binding Cultures, Black Women Writers in Africa and the Diaspora, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.