Ifeoma Okoye
Ifeoma Mokwugo Okoye [https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-91206-6_150-1 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''.
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