She was best known for recreating life and traditions from an Igbo woman’s viewpoint.

She wrote her debut novel “Efuru” which shot her to fame In Oct. 1966.

She published African literature and promoted women in African society.
She was one of the first African women publishers when she founded Tana Press in Nigeria in 1970. 

Her other books are: One is Enough, Women are different, Idu, Never Again, Wives at war etc 

Nwapa engaged in governmental work in reconstruction after the war, in particular, she worked with orphans and refugees who were displaced during the war. She hailed from Oguta in Imo State.

She died on 16th October 1993.

Gone but not forgotten!
May she continue to rest in power 🙏 
Which of her books have you read?