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    Never Again
    Never Again
    Never Again
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    Never Again

    By Flora Nwapa

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    Written by Flora Nwapa after the Nigerian Civil War, "Never Again looks at her society at a time of war and she concentrates on the importance of Biafran women in sustaining their fighting men and the society in general. She depicts the extreme demands war makes on people and the book is all about survival on a personal and national level. As a novelist, critics have mainly acclaimed Ms. Nwapa for her forthrightness and honesty, whether it be dealing with the conflict between the sexes or the poisoning of social relationships in war-time". Alison Perry, West Africa Magazine.

    "Nwapa's novella Never Again (1975) is another landmark in Nigerian women's writing. Based on her personal experience in war-torn Biafra, it is the first war narrative written by an African woman." Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi, Africa Wo/Man Palava: The Nigerian Novel by Women.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 29, 2020
    ISBN9781098323820
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    Flora Nwapa

    Flora Nwapa was a novelist, poet, and professor born in 1931 in Oguta, Nigeria. She was educated at the University of Ibadan and earned her Diploma in Education at the University of Edinburgh. Nwapa worked as Assistant Registrar at the University of Lagos and, after the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970, accepted the Cabinet Office position as Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Her first book, Efuru was first published by Heinneman in 1966 at the suggestion of Chinua Achebe. It became the first book to be published in Britain by a female Nigerian writer, launching her literary career. Alongside writing novels, poetry, and children's books, Nwapa founded Tana Press and the Flora Nwapa Company as a way to encourage literature for and by women. She continued to work as a visiting professor, lecturing at New York University, Trinity College and the University of Maiduguri. Flora Nwapa died in 1993.

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    • 5/5
      This gave me closure on what my mother had or may have experienced during the Biafran War. She never talked about it but the scars of war was on her. It pauperized her father which led to his eventual death . A sad tale indeed. Very captivating
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      Loved the book, simple English for those in the process of learning the language

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