Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna
Nigerian ethnologist, linguist and Nigerian writer
About Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna
Lived 1936 – 1990 (aged 53). Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna was a Nigerian linguist, anthropologist and writer.
Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna , often abbreviated to F. Nnabuenyi Ugonna (12 October 1936, in Imo State, 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 African literature.
Ugonna died of prostate cancer in 1990 in London.
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Nigerian ethnologist, linguist and Nigerian writer (1936–1990)
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Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna was born on 12 October 1936.
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Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna died on 5 June 1990 in London.
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Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna was a linguist, anthropologist and writer.
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Frederick Nnabuenyi Ugonna was Nigerian.
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