Obi Nwakanma

Christopher Okigbo 1930-67

Thirsting for Sunlight

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This first biography is now in paperback marking the 50th anniversary of the start of the Nigeria-Biafra War and the anniversary of the death of Christopher Okigbo, the most anthologized modern African poet.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781847011794
• ISBN-10: 1847011799
• Artikelnr.: 49257378

Autorenporträt

Obi Nwakanma

Inhaltsangabe

Preface A river goddess
his mother's death & a headmaster father: Ojoto 1930-45 Sportsman
actor & 'effortless genius': Umuahia 1945-50 Cricket
classics
politics & urbane dissipation: Ibadan 1950-56 Colonial civil servant
covert businessman & bankrupt: Lagos 1956-58 Poetry gives purpose to his voice: Fiditi 1958-60 A librarian ravenous for literature & women: Nsukka 1960-62 Gentleman
poet & publisher: Cambridge House
Ibadan 1962-66 Aftermath of a coup
running arms & advancing to death: Biafra 1966-67 Epilogue