ADAORA LILY ULASI
ADAORA LILY ULASI Adaora Lily Ulasi was one of west Africa, and Africa's early creative writers - she actually wrote "whodunits" which amply reflected her African background. Ulasi was very intelligent, yet diffident and not patronizing in her creative works. She had a superb sense of humour, and understood her characters - steeped in the African ambience, and perspectives. Her realism was complemented with her excellent use of Pidgin. An example here: "About what time of night did you hear the noise?" "It no be for night time. it be for early, early this morning time" "But you told Mr. Jenkins it was at night that you heard the noise," Hughes reminded him. "Yes Sir," Eze agreed, and went on to explain, "It still be dark, but it be early morning. Sun no come yet, and bird no start for cry." Hughes nodded comprehendingly. "Oh I see... towards dawn." Ulasi's works included Many thing you no understand, Many t...