AMALI, Samson O.O.

The Downfall of Ogbúu: A Play

[Ibadan? n.d., but 1968]. First Edition. Slim folio (32.5cm.); original red pictorial card wrappers; [2],iv,43pp.; mimeographed text. Fine. Play originally composed and produced while the author was a student at the International Secondary School, University of Ibadan, in 1963. Amali, later described as the only writer in his native language of Idoma, is best known for his poetry, both English and Idoman (see Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa (1986), p. 782n, providing the date for this mimeographed edition).

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