Quote of the day
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going.
Flora Nwapa
Born: January 13, 1931
Died: October 16, 1993 (aged 62)
Bio: Florence Nwanzuruahu Nkiru Nwapa was a Nigerian author best known as Flora Nwapa, who has been called the mother of modern African literature.
Known for:
- Efuru (1966)
- One is enough (1981)
- Women Are Different (1986)
- Wives at war and other stories (1980)
- This is Lagos, and Other Stories (1971)