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Cyprian Ekwensi MFR (26 September 1921 – 4 November 2007) was a Nigerian short story writer and author of children's books.

Some of his books include:

When Love Whispers (1948)
An African Night's Entertainment (1948)
The Boa Suitor (1949)
The Leopard's Claw (1950)
People of the City (London: Andrew Dakers, 1954)
The Drummer Boy (1960)
The Passport of Mallam Ilia (written 1948, published 1960)
Jagua Nana (1961)
Burning Grass (1961)
An African Nights Entertainment (1962)
Beautiful Feathers (novel; London: Hutchinson, 1963)
Rainmaker (collection of short stories; 1965)
Iska (London: Hutchinson, 1966)
Lokotown (collection of short stories; 1966)
Restless City and Christmas Gold (1975)
Divided We Stand: a Novel of the Nigerian Civil War (1980)
Motherless Baby (Nigeria: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company, 1980)
Jagua Nana's Daughter (1987)
Behind the Convent Wall (1987)
The Great Elephant Bird (Evans Brothers, 1990
Gone to Mecca (Heinemann Educational Books, 1991)
Jagua Nana's Daughter (1993)
Masquerade Time (children’s book; London: Chelsea House Publishing; Jaws Maui, 1994)
Cash on Delivery (2007, collection of short stories)


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprian_Ekwensi

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Hbd

Happy Birthday The Great One.

Happy birthday sir and RIP. I love the passport of mallam illia, the constant battle of wits between Illia and mallam Usman. There is also the challenge to win a woman. Hahaha if we still did that today I.e fought for the right to earn our wives, then there will be mutual respect no?


"When men were men and women were won by those who deserve them" Cyprian Ekwensi.

Happy posthumous birthday to Eyprian Ekwensi, and happy "prehumous" birthday to me

RIP to a great Legend.....
Who has forever etched his name in gold in the literature world.

wow good memories

The Drummer Boy
The Passport of Mallam Ilia

etc

This man remains a legend, Even In dead.
Left many legacy behind.

Hbd

ignis:
This man remains a legend, Even In dead. Left many legacy behind.

His manhood lives on

Drummer boy, short but beautiful prose. Charted a path that is still well travelled.

Izzoki

A Great Writer he was...

Dear ignis,

How have you been? Apparently I had to open another account on here to come find you since I can't access the former one.
How do I get a hold of you? Let's talk.

dazzle101:
Dear ignis,

How have you been? Apparently I had to open another account on here to come find you since I can't access the former one.
How do I get a hold of you? Let's talk.

How do you mean?

EverestdeBliu:
Click like if you were encompassed with intrigue and suspense while reading this book for the first time.

I so much love the book,it was awesome.


a fight for love.

here is Jagua Nana's Daughter book cover:

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