Cassava Song & Rice Song (Signed)

Flora Nwapa

Tana Press, 1986

Flat signed by Flora Nwapa on verso. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Some discoloration to rear cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* 

Flora Nwapa was a Nigerian novelist best known for re-creating Igbo (Ibo) life and customs from a woman's viewpoint. Efuru (1966), Nwapa's first novel, is based on an old folktale of a woman chosen by the gods. Idu (1970) centers on a woman whose life is bound up with that of her husband to such an extent that when he dies she seeks him out in the land of the dead. In This Is Lagos, and Other Stories (1971) and the later novels One Is Enough (1981) and Women Are Different (1986), Nwapa continued her compassionate portrayal of women in modern Nigerian society. The novel Never Again (1975) and Wives at War, and Other Stories (1980) deal with the Biafran conflict. Her sole volume of poetry is Cassava Song and Rice Song (1986).