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Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi
Nigerian academic and writer (born )
Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi | |
|---|---|
| Born | (age&#;85&#;86) |
| Occupation | University teacher |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Literary movement | Womanism |
| Notable works | Africa Wo/man Palava: The Nigerian novel by women () |
Chikwenye Okonjo Ogunyemi (born ) is a Nigerian academic, a literary critic and writer.
She taught at Sarah Lawrence College and she is best known for her articles and books concerning the theory of Womanism and the African Diaspora.[1]
Career
Ogunyemi published Africa Wo/man Palava: The Nigerian novel by women in The book examined the work of eight Nigerian women writers, namely Zaynab Alkali, Simi Bedford, Buchi Emecheta, Funmilayo Fakunle, Flora Nwapa, Eno Obong, Ifeoma Okoye, and Adaora Lily Ulasi.
Ogunyemi set out a new theory of Nigerian literature based on their works.[2] This theory was womanist and feminist, but Ogunyemi also noted that naming is a political is