Ifeoma Okoye

Ifeoma Mokwugo Okoye born on 21st December (possibly in 1937) is a Nigerian novelist. She has been referred to by fans as "the most important female novelist from Nigeria after Flora Nwapa and Buchi Emecheta," according to Oyekan Owomoyela. She was born in Anambra State in Eastern Region, Nigeria. She went to school at St. Monica's College in Ogbunike to receive a teaching certificate in 1959. She then graduated from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka to earn a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in English in 1977. She wrote novels including Behind the Clouds, children's novels and short stories, such as The Village Boy and Eme Goes to School.

Early life and education

Ifeoma Okoye was born on 21st December, possibly in 1937

Accomplishments Although Okoye was known for her children's short stories, she also wrote some books for adults, such as Behind the Clouds. Behind the Clouds was about a couple who fails to have children, and how the blame mainly falls on the woman instead of the man. Okoye received prizes for both Behind the Cloud and The Village Boy from the Nigerian National Council of Art and Culture in 1983, along with earning the best fiction of the year award for the novel Men Without Ears, in 1984. In 1985, she received another award for Daily Bread after Eze at the Ife National Book Fair.

The Power of a Plate of Rice. circa 2011.

Busy Bee Number Workbook. 1980.

Eme Goes to School. 1979.