Pita Nwana

Nwosu Pita Nwana (1881 — 1968) was a Nigerian novelist and carpenter.[1] He is chiefly known as the writer of the first Igbo novel Omenuko.[2][3][4] Nwana's Omenuko is regarded as the bedrock for fiction in Igbo literature.[5]

  1. ^ Ricard, Alain (2004). The languages & literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel. James Currey Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-85255-581-1.
  2. ^ Emenyọnu, Ernest (1978). The Rise of the Igbo Novel (Reprinted ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 212. ISBN 9789781540233.
  3. ^ Damrosch, David (2020). Comparing the Literatures: Literary Studies in a Global Age. Princeton University Press. p. 392. ISBN 9780691134994.
  4. ^ Emenanjọ, E. Nọlue (1975). F. Chidozie Ogbalu; E. Nọlue Emenanjọ (eds.). Igbo Language and Culture. Vol. 1 (Illustrated and Reprinted ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780195752755.
  5. ^ Akolisa, Uche (15 January 2021). "Igbo Literature: Omenuko, Ije Odumodu, Mbediogu na akwụkwọ Igbo ndị ọzọ ị gaghị echefu echefu maka mwelite ha welitere asụsụ Igbo". BBC Igbo (in Igbo). Lagos. Retrieved 19 April 2022.