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Odumodu’s Journey is one of the earliest novels written in Igbo language by Bell-Gam Leopold published in 1963 by Longman, London and translated for English readers by Frances W. Pritchett.
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An anthology of modern Igbo verse edited by R.M Ekechukwu and translated to English by Frances W. Pritchett. It includes a glossary.
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The Author of Omenuko is a biography about Pita Nwana, the author of the first Igbo novel Omenuko , a special man among men, a man who trusted his personal god and did a special work for the public without receiving any money.
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An Igbo playlet by Enyinna Akoma published by Ibadan University Press in 1979 and translated by Frances W. Pritchett.
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Erimma is an Igbo novel written by J.U.T Nzeako and translated by Frances W. Pritchett.
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Understanding Igbo Poetry is the English translation of the book “Ighota Abu Igbo” a handbook/guide to understanding and critiquing Igbo poems. It is written by Ihechukwu Madubuike and translated to English by Frances W. Pritchett.
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Odenigbo is a lecture series created by the Catholic Archdioceses of Owerri. It featured prof. Chinua Achebe as a guest speaker in its 1999 series themed Echi Di Ime: Taa bu Gboo ( Tomorrow is Uncertain: Today is soon Enough)
The event brochure was translated from Igbo to English By Frances W. Pritchett.
Contains bonus ( Igbo Izugbe- standard Igbo, and Olu be – dialectal Igbo) documents of Prof. Chinua Achebe’s speech delivered in Igbo at the event.
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A draft English translation of F.C Ogbalu’s Ilu Igbo: The Book of Proverbs by F.C Ogbalu,by Frances W. Pritchett.
Includes annotated and compiled list of books containing Igbo proverbs by Frances W. Pritchett.
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Frances W Pritchett Speech at Society for Promoting Igbo language and Culture UNN 1979.
Igbo and English version.
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"In learning about a language one also learns about the culture that produced it--the beliefs, traditions, habits, attitudes, ways of making a living, interpretations of natural surroundings, ideas about marriage, children, etc. I discovered that my Eurocentric education had left me sadly ignorant about Africa, so I began to educate myself by reading books by African writers. "Things Fall Apart," by Chinua Achebe, had a great impact on me.I developed a desire to see for myself this milieu that was clearly so different from my own."

Frances W. Pritchett writes about how she became interested in Igbo language after meeting and hosting a Nigerian Igbo student.
“In learning about a language one also learns about the culture that produced it–the beliefs, traditions, habits, attitudes, ways of making a living, interpretations of natural surroundings, ideas about marriage, children, etc. I discovered that my Eurocentric education had left me
sadly ignorant about Africa, so I began to educate myself by reading books by African writers. “Things Fall Apart,” by Chinua Achebe, had a great impact on me.I developed a desire to see for myself this milieu that was clearly so different from my own.”
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History of Igbo Language & Suggested Study Materials compiled by the Igbophile, Frances W. Pritchett.
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Omenuko by Pita Nwana, was published after winning an all-Africa literary contest in indigenous African languages organized by the International Institute of African Languages and Culture. Pita Nwana was the first Igbo to publish fiction in the Igbo language. The first edition was in the Protestant Orthography, but it was soon issued in the other orthographies.
This edition was translated by France W. Pritchett.
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