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20th-century Nigerian women writers

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nigerian writer (born 1977)
Buchi Emecheta
Nigerian writer (1944–2017)
Flora Nwapa
Nigerian writer
Grace Oladunni Taylor
Nigerian biochemist
Lola Shoneyin
Nigerian writer
Catherine Obianuju Acholonu
Nigerian writer (1951-2014)
Zulu Sofola
Nigerian writer, First Female professor of Theatre Arts (1935-1995)
Mabel Segun
Nigerian writer
Zaynab Alkali
Nigerian novelist
Ifi Amadiume
Nigerian poet, anthropologist, and essayist
Yemisi Aribisala
Nigerian essayist, writer and food memoirist
Akachi Ezeigbo
Nigerian author and educator
Adaora Lily Ulasi
Nigerian writer (1932-2016)
Kofoworola Ademola
Yoruba Nigerian educationalist and first African woman to graduate from the University of Oxford
Balaraba Ramat Yakubu
NIgerian writer and film producer
Tess Osonye Onwueme
Nigerian writer
Ada Udechukwu
Nigerian artist and poet
Bilkisu Funtuwa
Nigerian writer
Julie Okoh
Nigerian playwright and academic
Karen King-Aribisala
Nigerian writer
Hafsat Abdulwaheed
Nigerian writer
Simi Bedford
Nigerian novelist
Stella Oyedepo
Nigerian playwright (born 1949)
Pastor Taiwo Odubiyi
author and religious minister
Charry Ada Onwu
Nigerian writer
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
Nigerian poet and writer
Margaret Amosu
British-Nigerian librarian
P. A. Ogundipe
Nigerian educator and civil servant
Wana Udobang
Nigerian poet and broadcaster
Dadasare Abdullahi
Nigerian writer, nurse, teacher and journalist of Fulani descent
Hadiza Isma El-Rufai
Nigerian novelist
Rosina Umelo
Nigerian writer
Helen Ovbiagele
Nigerian novelist
May Ifeoma Nwoye
Nigerian business academic (born 1956)
Martina Nwakoby
Nigerian writer
Felicia Adeyoyin
Nigerian professor and author of the National Pledge
Adaeze Atuegwu
Nigerian American novelist (born 1977)
Margaret Vogt
Nigerian diplomat (1950-2014)
Gracy Ukala
writer and educator
Marietu Tenuche
Nigerian academic
Rosemary Uwemedimo
Nigerian writer