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Landmark
Christopher Okigbo
1932 – 1967
The most anthologised African poet of his generation
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Why they are here
Three volumes, and then he put the pen down and went to fight for Biafra, where he was killed at thirty-five.
Christopher Okigbo was born at Ojoto in August 1932 and is among the most widely anthologised African poets.
He published Heavensgate (1962), Limits (1964) and Silences (1965). In 1967 he was setting up a publishing house in Enugu with Chinua Achebe when the war intervened; he was killed fighting for Biafran independence that August.
He published Heavensgate (1962), Limits (1964) and Silences (1965). In 1967 he was setting up a publishing house in Enugu with Chinua Achebe when the war intervened; he was killed fighting for Biafran independence that August.
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