Cyprian Ekwensi as a National, Urban or Pan-African Writer

Umar Muhammad Dogondaji

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Cyprian Ekwensi as a National, Urban or Pan-African Writer

Umar Muhammad Dogondaji

Published in International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 4, Issue 4)

Received: 30 April 2016 Accepted: 25 June 2016 Published: 15 July 2016

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Abstract

Cyprian Ekwensi is, by any standard a major figure in African literature of the mid-twentieth Century. From its birth to date, Nigerian literature witnessed a tremendous growth and development with the early publications of the literary works of Chinua Achebe and those of Wole Soyinka respectively. However, despite the publication of about eight major novels by Cyprian Ekwensi, some literary critics still refuse to acknowledge the contribution and the importance of this popular Nigerian author. This paper attempts therefore to shed more light on the literary career of the author, his literary ideology as well as why some critics tag him to be a National, Urban or Pan-African Writer.

Published in	International Journal of Literature and Arts (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijla.20160404.13
Page(s)	55-60
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Literature, National Writer, Pan-African Writer, Literary Ideology, Literary Works

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[2]	Ekwensi, C. (1961), Jagua Nana: London: Hutchinson.
[3]	Ekwensi, C. (1962), Burning Grass: A story of the Fulani of Northern Nigeria.-Heinemann, London:
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