Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna, often abbreviated to F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna (12 October 1936, in Amaokpara/ Ihitenansa,

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, Nigeria – 5 June 1990, in London) was a Nigerian ethnologist, linguist, and writer. He is best known for his work on the Igbo language and other African languages as well as

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. Ugonna was the first who initiated the thesis of

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's ''

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'' (1911) being the first truly African novel; therefore he wrote an introduction for the book's second edition, which was published by

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in 1969. Ugonna died of

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in 1990 in London.

References

External links

Uwandiigbo.com - detailed biography (PDF file)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ugonna, F. Nnabuenyi People from Imo State Nigerian ethnologists 1936 births 1990 deaths Linguists from Nigeria 20th-century linguists