Cyprian Ekwensi
Cyprian Ekwensi wrote hundreds of short stories, radio and television scripts, and several dozen novels, including children's books. His 1954 People of the City was the first book by a Nigerian to garner international attention. His most successful novel was Jagua Nana (1961), about a Pidgin-speaking Nigerian woman who leaves her husband to work as a prostitute in a city and falls in love with a teacher. He also wrote a sequel to this, Jagua Nana's Daughter.
In 1968, he received the Dag Hammarskjöld International Prize in Literature. In 2006, he became a fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters.
Books authored by Cyprian Ekwensi
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The Drummer Boy
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ISBN 9789966464125 | 88 pages | 216 x 140 mm | B/W Illustrations | 1960 | East African Educational Publishers, Kenya | Paperback
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Gone to Mecca
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ISBN 9789781293603 | 56 pages | 234 x 156 mm | B/W Illustrations | 1991 | Heinemann Educational Books, Nigeria | Paperback
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Iska
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ISBN 9789782462725 | 224 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 1996 | Spectrum Books, Nigeria | Paperback
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Jagua Nana's Daughter
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ISBN 9789782460431 | 256 pages | 203 x 127 mm | 1993 | Spectrum Books, Nigeria | Paperback
