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Efuru (African Writers Series) by Flora Nwapa, Nwapa, Flora is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Efuru (African Writers Series) about?

"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

Who reads Efuru (African Writers Series)?

Author

Flora Nwapa, Nwapa, Flora

Publisher

Heinemann Educational Books

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780435900267

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.92 / 5 (501 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14