P. A. Ogundipe
P. A. Ogundipe | |
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| Born | Phebean Itayemi 6 May 1927 University of St. Andrews
Institute of Education, University of London |
| Alma mater | University of London |
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| Spouse | Adebayo Ogundipe |
| Children | 4[1] |
Phebean Ajibola Ogundipe, née Itayemi,
OON (1927-2020) was a Nigerian author and civil servant. Writing as Phebean Itayemi, she became the first Nigerian woman to be published in English, after winning a British Council short story competition.[2] She later published textbooks under the name P. A. Ogundipe.[1]
Life
Phebean Ogundipe was born in
Institute of Education at the University of London.[2] Returning to Nigeria, she became an English teacher.[1]
Ogundipe story Nothing So Sweet' won a 1946 western region of Nigeria, coming ahead of the contributions of T. M. Aluko and Cyprian Ekwensi.[2] The story portrays a teenage girl who endures abduction as part of an attempt to conclude an arranged marriage. At the end of the story the young woman achieves freedom, leaving her village at night to train as a nurse.[3]
Ogundipe met her husband, Adebayo Ogundipe, the younger brother of
Queen's School, Ede.[1] In 1960 she became an education officer in the Western Region, and became Principal of Adeyemi College of Education. Moving to the Federal Ministry of Education in 1966, she was promoted to senior education officer. She oversaw the integration of a federal universal primary education scheme with that of the Western State. She retired as assistant director of education in December 1976.[2][4]
In 2013 Ogundipe published a book of memoirs, Up-Country Girl. She died on 27 March 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1][5][4][6][7]
Works
- 'Nothing So Sweet', in T. Cullen Young, ed., New African Writing: Short stories by African authors, London: Lutterworth Press, 1947.
- (ed. with P. Gurrey) Folk Tales and Fables. London: Penguin, 1953.[citation needed]
- (with Una Maclean and Molly Mahood) 'Three Views of The Swamp Dwellers', Ibadan, Vol. 6 (June 1959), pp. 27–30[citation needed]
- Practical English: a comprehensive secondary course. 1965.[8]
- (with
- (with Margaret Macaulay and
- New practical English. 1985.[15][16][17]
- Up-Country Girl: A Personal Journey and Truthful Portrayal of African Culture. AuthorHouse, 2013.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Ransome Mgbeahuru, Ogundipe, author of Brighter Grammar goes home at 92, The Guardian, 1 April 2020. Accessed 16 May 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55861-500-7.
- ISBN 978-1-55861-500-7.
- ^ a b "Phebean Ogundipe (1927-2020)". The Sun Nigeria. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Nigerian author Phoebean Ogundipe is dead | Premium Times Nigeria". 2020-03-31. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ "Phebean Ajibola Ogundipe, author of Brighter Grammar, other English Language books, dies at 92". Tribune Online. 2020-03-29. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ^ demola (2020-03-30). "English language textbooks author, Phebean Ogundipe, dies at 92 -". The NEWS. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- OCLC 1079229585.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ISBN 978-0-237-29129-7.
- OCLC 2525687.
- ^ "Brighter Grammar Book 1". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ Eckersley, C. H.; Macaulay, Margaret (1961). Brighter Grammar: An English Grammar with Exercises. 1961. Longman.
- ^ Eckersley, C. E.; Macaulay, Margaret (1958). Brighter Grammar: An English Grammar with Exercises. B. 4. Longmans, Green and Company.
- OCLC 315469576.
- ISBN 978-0-582-60980-8.
- ^ "Formats and Editions of Practical English: a comprehensive secondary course, [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
- ISBN 978-0-582-60979-2.
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