Nigerian literature

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Nigeria has produced many prolific writers. Many have won accolades for their writing abilities, including Chinua Achebe, James Ene Henshaw, Ntienyong Udo Akpan, E. E. Nkanga, Wole Soyinka, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Cyprian Ekwensi, ChukwuEmeka Ike, Buchi Emecheta, Wunmi Sofola, Elechi Amadi and Ben Okri, ilavbare james.

Critically acclaimed writers of a younger generation include Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Francis Ohanyido, Sefi Atta, Helon Habila, Helen Oyeyemi,Chidi Anthony Opara. Nigeria's literary influence on Africa and the rest of the world can be seen particularly in the works of Chinweizu in Afrocentricity and its more recent progeny, Afrisecal Movement (Afrisecaism).

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