Christopher Okigbo
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1932 – 1967
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Who was Christopher Okigbo?
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo was a Nigerian poet, who died fighting for the independence of Biafra. He is today widely acknowledged as the outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the twentieth century.
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- Born
- Aug 16, 1932
Anambra State - Siblings
- Nationality
- Nigeria
- Profession
- Education
- Government College Umuahia
- University of Ibadan
- Died
- Sep 1, 1967
Nsukka
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on July 23, 2013
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