An edition of Efuru (1966)

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An edition of Efuru (1966)

Efuru

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"Appearing in 1966, Efuru was the first internationally published book, in English, by a Nigerian woman. Flora Nwapa (1931-1993) sets her story in a small village in colonial West Africa as she describes the youth, marriage, motherhood, and eventual personal epiphany of a young woman in rural Nigeria. The respected and beautiful protagonist, an independent-minded Ibo woman named Efuru, wishes to be a mother. Her eventual tragedy is that she is not able to marry or raise children successfully. Alone and childless, Efuru realizes she surely must have a higher calling and goes to the lake goddess of her tribe, Uhamiri, to discover the path she must follow. The work, a rich exploration of Nigerian village life and values, offers a realistic picture of gender issues in a patriarchal society as well as the struggles of a nation exploited by colonialism"--Page 4 of cover

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Heinemann
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English
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288

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Cover of: Efuru
Efuru
2014, Waveland Press
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Efuru
1978, Heinemann
in English - Reset ed
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Efuru
January 1, 1966, Heinemann
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African Writers

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OL7508926M
Internet Archive
lccn_435900269
ISBN 10
0435900269
ISBN 13
9780435900267
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55072
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