Biography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… Flora Nwapa - remembered today as Africa’s “literary foremother” - was born on [1] January 13, … to parents, Christopher Ljeoma, an agent for the United Africa Company and Martha Nwapa, a drama teacher. Growing up, … critic, Maryse Conde, in “Three Female Writers in Modern Africa,” Nwapa’s dialogue creates a “disturbing picture of …