| Njoku,
N. O. The complete letter-writing made easy for ladies and gentlemen : contains
love and engagement letters, business & private letters, invitations,
correspondences, applications, telegrams, agreements, advertisements, good
English, etc. Try to know how to read and write. Onitsha, Nigeria: Njoku
& Sons Bookshop, 1960s? 88 p. ill. ; 21 cm. Title varies; some editions
read "The complete letter-writer ..." During the Second World
War, the British contracted Nigerian laborers to work in India. They returned
with Indian books on letter-writing which were reprinted in Onitsha, initiating
Onitsha Market literature. This publication includes samples of correspondence
with Indian addresses, e.g. "174 Tilak Road, Ahmedabad, 10th May, 1949.
To, The Manager, "The Bombay Chronicle", Fort Bombay ... Yours
Faithfully, Govindal C. Patel". Samples of correspondence from Nigerian
and British addresses are also included. |
