Omenuko

Omenuko
Author(s)	Pita Nwana
Country	Nigeria
Language	Igbo
Publication date	1932

Omenuko by Pita Nwana (by trade a carpenter^[1]) is the first novel to be written in the Igbo language^[2], and the book was very successful among the Igbo people.^[1]

Written in 1933, it won a prize in a competition run by the International African Institute^[3] and is the biography of the eponymous slave-dealer,^[4] originally being publisher in 1935.^[5]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Ricard, Alain (2004). The languages & literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel. James Currey Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 9780852555811. 
2. ^ Nwana, Pita (2004) [First published in 1933]. Omenuko. translated by Frances W. Pritchett. http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/igbo/omenuko/index.html#index. Retrieved 2 September 2011. 
3. ^ Campbell, George L (1998). Concise compendium of the world's languages. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 9780415160490. 
4. ^ Obiechina, Emmanuel N (1973). An African popular literature: a study of Onitsha market pamphlets. CUP Archive. p. 15. ISBN 9780521097444. 
5. ^ Dathorne, O.R. (1975). African literature in the twentieth century. University of Minnesota Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780816607693.