Simon Gikandi did important work on this Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic who's first book was titled what?
Simon Gikandi Simon E. Gikandi , born 30 September 1960 , is a Kenyan Literature Professor and Postcolonial scholar. He is the Robert Schirmer Professor of English at Princeton University. He is perhaps best known for his co-editorship (with Abiola Irele) of "The Cambridge History of African and Caribbean Literature". He has also done important work on the modern African novel, and two distinguished African novelists: Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
Rosina Umelo Rosina Umelo (born 1930) is a Nigerian writer. She is known for her short stories, children's books and her young adult fiction. She also has published under the pen name Adaeze Madu.