Buchi Emecheta

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Also Known As	Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta
Born	July 21, 1944 • Lagos • Nigeria
Died	January 25, 2017 (aged 72) • London • England
Notable Works	“Adah’s Story” • “Destination Biafra” • “Double Yoke” • “Gwendolen” • “Head Above Water” • “In the Ditch” • “Kehinde” • “Second-Class Citizen” • “The Bride Price” • “The Joys of Motherhood” • “The New Tribe” • “The Rape of Shavi” • “The Slave Girl”

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Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Cyprian Ekwensi

Nigerian author

Onuora Nzekwu

Nigerian author and educator

Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain

British author

Okara, Gabriel

Gabriel Okara

Nigerian author

T.M. Aluko

Nigerian author

John Munonye

Nigerian educator and novelist

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

Arthur Ransome

English author

A.A. Milne

A.A. Milne

British author

Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

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J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

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Penelope Lively

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Novelist Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark

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Frederick Forsyth

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Rumer Godden

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Maurice Shadbolt

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