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Born 1920 • Abeokuta • Nigeria
Died June 8, 1997 (aged 77) • Ibadan • Nigeria
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Michael Moorcock
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Arthur Machen
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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th baron of Dunsany.
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Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka
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Kole Omotoso
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Buchi Emecheta
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John Munonye
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Onuora Nzekwu
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Michael Banim
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D.H. Lawrence
D.H. Lawrence
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