A language is shared by an ethnic group or a particular country or region. - Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe

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A language is shared by an ethnic group or a particular country or region.

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About Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe

Ifeoma Mabel Onyemelukwe (born 23 September 1950) is a Nigerian professor of French and African literature in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. She writes poetry, short stories, novels, plays, literary criticism, and social criticism. She has published 27 books and 162 journals internationally and locally. She is an honorary fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Letters (NAL), along with Prof. Tanure Ojaide and Olusegun Adeniyi.

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Alternative Names: I. M. Onyemelukwe
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