Nwosu Pita Nwana (1881 — 1968) was a Nigerian novelist and carpenter.[1] He is chiefly known as the writer of the first Igbo novel Omenuko.[2][3][4] Nwana's Omenuko is regarded as the bedrock for fiction in Igbo literature.[5]
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^Akolisa, Uche (15 January 2021). "Igbo Literature: Omenuko, Ije Odumodu, Mbediogu na akwụkwọ Igbo ndị ọzọ ị gaghị echefu echefu maka mwelite ha welitere asụsụ Igbo". BBC Igbo (in Igbo). Lagos. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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