Mabel Segun
Mabel Segun, NNOM (13 February 1930 – 6 March 2025) was a Nigerian poet, playwright and writer of short stories and children's books who was also a teacher, broadcaster, and a sportswoman.[1] Born in Ondo City, Nigeria, she had her secondary-school education at CMS Girls' School Lagos.[2] She attended the University of Ibadan, graduating in 1953 with a BA degree in English, Latin and History. She taught these subjects in Nigerian schools, and later became Head of the Department of English and Social Studies and Vice-Principal at the National Technical Teachers' College, Yaba (now Yaba College of Technology).
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.jpg) Segun in Strasbourg, 1983 | |
| Born | 13 February 1930 |
| Died | 6 March 2025 (aged 95) |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Education | University of Ibadan |
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Notable work | My Father's Daughter (1965) |
| Awards | Nigeria Prize for Literature |
Her first book, My Father's Daughter, published in 1965, had been widely used as a literature text in schools all over the world, and her books have been translated into German, Danish, Norwegian and Greek. Her work is included in the anthology Daughters of Africa (1992).[3]
Segun championed children's literature in Nigeria through the Children's Literature Association of Nigeria, which she founded in 1978, and the Children's Documentation and Research Centre, which she set up in 1990 in Ibadan. She was also a fellow of the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany.[4] She was a founding member of the Association of Nigerian Authors, established by Chinua Achebe in 1981.[5][6][7][8]
Segun died on 6 March 2025, at the age of 95.[9]
Mabel Segun Media
Sorry, No Vacancy, a book by Mabel Segun
References
- ↑ Taiwo, Jide (2017-02-01). "At 87 yrs old, Mabel Segun is truly the last of her kind" (in en-GB). Nigerian Entertainment Today. http://thenet.ng/at-87-years-old-the-matriach-of-nigerian-literature-mabel-segun-is-truly-the-last-of-her-kind/. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
- ↑ Taiwo, Jide (2017-02-01). "At 87 years old, the matriach of Nigerian literature, Mabel Segun is truly the last of her kind". Nigerian Entertainment Today. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
- ↑ Busby, Margaret (ed.), Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent (1992), London: Vintage, 1993; p. 372.
- ↑ Mabel Segun's Citation and Summary of Achievements Archived 2016-10-03 at the Wayback Machine. Nigerian National Merit Awards, Government of Nigeria.
- ↑ Edoro, Ainehi (5 November 2013). "Are You A Nigerian Writer? Why Join The Association of Nigerian Authors?--- Brittle Paper Q&A with Richard Ali". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ "History of ANA". ananigeria.org. Association of Nigerian Authors. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ Diala (2020). "A Writers' Body and the Nigerian Literary Tradition". Research in African Literatures. 50 (4): 121–141. doi:10.2979/reseafrilite.50.4.08. JSTOR 10.2979/reseafrilite.50.4.08. S2CID 226487570.
- ↑ "'At 40, we are poised to celebrate our founding fathers'". Thenationonlineng.net. 21 February 2021. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Mabel Segun, writer , broadcaster dies at 95