Omenuko

Omenuko by Pita Nwana (by trade a carpenter^[1]) is the first novel to be written in the Igbo language,^[2] and the book was very successful among the Igbo people.^[1] The book tells the life story of the politician Igwegbe Odum, an Aro Igbo who migrated to Arondizuogu.

Omenuko

African Heritage Press edition (2014)
Author	Pita Nwana
Original title	it is the first Nigerian novel to be written in Igbo language and successful among the Igbos tells story of the politician Igwegbe Odum and Aro who migrated to Arondizuogu
Translator	Francis W Pritchette
Language	Igbo
Publication date	1935
Publication place	Nigeria

Written in 1933, it won a prize in a competition run by the International African Institute^[3] and is the biography of the eponymous slave-dealer,^[4] originally being published in 1935.^[5]

References

1. Ricard, Alain (2004). The languages & literatures of Africa: the sands of Babel. James Currey Publishers. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-85255-581-1.
2. Nwana, Pita (2004) [First published in 1933]. Omenuko. Translated by Frances W. Pritchett. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
3. Campbell, George L (1998). Concise compendium of the world's languages. Routledge. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-415-16049-0.
4. Obiechina, Emmanuel N (1973). An African popular literature: a study of Onitsha market pamphlets. CUP Archive. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-521-09744-4.
5. Dathorne, O.R. (1975). African literature in the twentieth century. University of Minnesota Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8166-0769-3.