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London. His first novel, The Only Son, was published in Heinemann's African
Writers Series in 1966, followed in 1969 by its sequel, Obi, and then Oil Man of
Obange (1971). Munonye Onitsha spent three years as the head of the
Advanced Teacher Training College, Owerri, retiring in 1972 (he would also give
his last public lecture there, entitled "The Last To Go").[2] He worked for the
Nigerian Ministry of Education until 1977, leaving to teach and devote more time
to writing.[1] His other novels were A Wreath for the Maidens (1973), A Dancer of
Fortune (1974), and Bridge to a Wedding (1978), after which he published little.
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