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ISBN: 1283156016 9786613156013 1846157986 184701013X 1847011799 Year: 2010 Publisher: Woodbridge, U.K. ; Rochester, N.Y. : Ibadan, Nigeria : James Currey ; HEBN,
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Christopher Okigbo, once described as 'Africa's most lyrical poet of the twentieth century' was killed in September 1967, fighting for the independence of Biafra. The 'Sunday Times' described his death as 'the single most important tragedy of the Nigerian civil war'. The manner in which Okigbo died typified the passionate, tortured and dramatic quality of his life. Widely considered along with Wole Soyinka and Chinua Achebe as part of modern Nigeria's greatest literary triumvirate, Okigbo's death promoted him to cult status among subsequent generations of African writers. This is the first full biography of the Nigerian poet. It places Okigbo within the turmoil of his generation and illustrates the aspects of his life that gave rise to such an intense poetry. How did his experience in the prestigious, English-type boarding school, Umuahia, where he was known more as a sportsman than a scholar, influence his life and later choices? Why was he sacked from the colonial service, and how did that lead him towards a search for private recovery, and ultimately towards poetry? What led him to take up arms? In other words, how did his eclectic pursuits as high school teacher, university librarian, publisher, gun-runner and guerrilla fuel his poetic drive? OBI NWAKANMA, journalist and poet, is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri. Nigeria: HEBN (Paperback).
Poets, Nigerian --- Nigerian poets --- Okigbo, Christopher, --- Okigbo, Christopher Ifekandu,
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ISBN: 0333723392 Year: 2000 Publisher: Palgrave Publishers,
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Keneally, Thomas --- Walcott, Derek --- Okigbo (christopher) --- Trickster in literature
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ISBN: 0237287714 0237287781 Year: 1972 Publisher: London : Evans,
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Poets, Nigerian --- Biography. --- Biography --- Okigbo (christopher) --- Litterature africaine (anglaise) --- Critique et interpretation
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Year: 1973 Publisher: Ibadan : Ibadan University Press,
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CLARK (JOHN PEPPER), 1935 --- -OKIGBO (CHRISTOPHER) --- SOYINKA (WOLE), 1934 --- -CLARK (JOHN PEPPER), 1935 --- SOYINKA (WOLE), 1934-
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ISBN: 0435900978 Year: 1973 Publisher: London
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Poets, Nigerian --- -Nigerian poets --- Fiction --- Okigbo, Christopher --- -Fiction --- Nigeria --- History --- -Fiction. --- Nigerian poets --- Okigbo, Christopher, --- Fiction. --- Nigeria (Federation) --- Federation of Nigeria --- Nigerija --- Federal Republic of Nigeria --- Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria --- Republic of Nigeria --- Federal Military Government (Nigeria) --- Nai-chi-li-ya --- Nigerii︠a︡ --- Bundesrepublik Nigeria --- Jamhuriyar Taraiyar Nijeriya --- Ọ̀hàńjíkọ̀ Ọ̀hànézè Naìjíríyà --- Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìniira Àpapọ̀ Nàìjíríà --- ナイジェリア --- Naijeria --- ניגריה --- Nigeryah --- English literature --- Okigbo, Christopher Ifekandu,
ISBN: 095520500X 9780955205002 Year: 2007 Publisher: Dakar : African Renaissance,
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This book demonstrates that the Biafra War, (1967-1970) was the second phase of the Igbo genocide after the initial massacre of 100,000 Igbo across the principal towns and cities of the north region and elsewhere in Nigeria during May-September 1966. It shows how the slaughter was sanctioned and coordinated by the State, with its leading institutions - the military, police, religious, media and academia - implicated therein.
Okigbo, Christopher (1932-1967) --- Ibo (peuple d'Afrique) --- Génocide --- Nigéria --- Ethnicité --- Droits --- Droits de l'homme --- Nigeria --- Nigeria (est) --- Conditions sociales --- Aspect politique --- Politique et gouvernement --- 1967-1970 (Guerre civile) --- Histoire --- 1960-1975
ISBN: 0435189301 043518931X Year: 1973 Publisher: London
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African literature (English) --- Criticism --- Littérature africaine (anglaise) --- Critique --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Evaluation of literature --- Literary criticism --- Literature --- Rhetoric --- Aesthetics --- English literature --- History and criticism&delete& --- Theory, etc --- Technique --- Evaluation --- African authors --- Africa --- Eastern Hemisphere --- Intellectual life. --- Theory, etc. --- Ekwensi (cyprian), 1921 --- -Negritude --- Ngugi (james) --- Okigbo (christopher) --- Soyinka (wole), 1934 --- -African literature (English) --- -Ekwensi (cyprian), 1921 --- -English literature
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