Key references for notable Igbo and African figures.
Primary Texts
- Olaudah Equiano — The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789). The foundational autobiography.
- Nnamdi Azikiwe — My Odyssey: An Autobiography (1970).
- Chinua Achebe — There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra (2012).
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — We Should All Be Feminists (2014); Notes on Grief (2021).
Literary Works
- Chinua Achebe — Things Fall Apart (1958); Arrow of God (1964); A Man of the People (1966).
- Christopher Okigbo — Labyrinths with Path of Thunder (1971).
- Flora Nwapa — Efuru (1966); Idu (1970).
- Buchi Emecheta — Second Class Citizen (1974); The Joys of Motherhood (1979).
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie — Half of a Yellow Sun (2006); Americanah (2013).
Biographies and Studies
- Ezenwa-Ohaeto — Chinua Achebe: A Biography (1997).
- Vincent Carretta — Equiano the African: Biography of a Self-Made Man (2005).
- Sylvia Leith-Ross — African Women (1939). Documents Omu Okwei and Niger Delta women traders.
Historical and Political Sources
- Richard Sklar — Nigerian Political Parties (1963).
- Frederick Forsyth — The Biafra Story (1969).
- Tekena Tamuno — Nigeria and Elective Representation 1923-1947 (1966).