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The continent of Africa has a long literary history, with one country in particular producing a number of prominent writers, including Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Akwaeke Emezi, Chinelo Okparanta, Ben Okri and the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka — just to name a few. Which country is it?
- A Cameroon
- B Nigeria
- C Mali
- D Kenya
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From a 2017 article by Alexandra Alter in The Times:
Nigeria has long been a vibrant literary hub, home to prominent and widely celebrated writers like the Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri and, more recently, the novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lola Shoneyin and Helon Habila. In the past, successful African writers often first gained renown abroad, yet weren’t widely read in their homelands. But now, many of Nigeria’s promising young authors are increasingly building an audience at home, where there is a growing appetite for fiction that addresses contemporary issues.
