OMENUKO
THE FIRST IGBO NOVEL
by Pita Nwana
1933
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translated from the
Igbo by Frances W. Pritchett
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*About
the Author: a Brief Biography*
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*Translator's
preface*
Chapter
One
The start of Omenuko's
trading business
Chapter
Two
What Omenuko did when
he reached home
Chapter
Three
The flight of Omenuko
and his brothers
Chapter
Four
Omenuko's life at Ndi
Mgborogwu
Chapter
Five
Mgborogwu's will
Chapter
Six
The reign of Chief Omenuko
in the land of the Mgborogwu people
Chapter
Seven
The moving of the residence
of Omenuko and his brothers
Chapter
Eight
Concerning the people
Omenuko sold
Chapter
Nine
Omenuko longs to return
to his native land
Chapter
Ten
The reconciliation of
Omenuko and our people
Chapter
Eleven
The building of the
houses of Omenuko and his brothers
Chapter
Twelve
Omenuko's advancement
to paramount chief, and the opposition of the other chiefs
Chapter
Thirteen
The final conspiracy
Chapter
Fourteen
The return of Omenuko
and his brothers to our village
Chapter
Fifteen
Omenuko's life in our
village
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