Okigbo, Christopher, 1932-1967
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- Organization: Mbara Press (Ibadan, Nigeria)
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found: His Labyrinths, 1971.
found: Nwakanma, O. Christopher Okigbo, 1930-67, c2010:xvi, etc. (b. Aug. 16, 1930 in Ojoto, Nigeria; d. Sept. 20, 1967)
found: Poiesis blog, Nigerians writing in English: Christopher Okigbo and Afam Akeh, posted July 13, 2010, viewed May 2, 2014(Christopher Okigbo, 1932-1967; Nigerian poet who wrote in English; graduated 1956 from University College of Ibadan, major, Greek and Latin; in 1962 became West African manager for Cambridge Univ. Press; later worked as editor, Mbara Press, Ibadan; joined Biafran army as a major in July 1967, killed one month later in a battle near Nsukka)
found: Christopher Okigbo Foundation website, viewed May 2, 2014(Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo; b. Aug. 16, 1932)
found: Gale Literature Resource Center (online), English in Africa, vol. 32, issue 1, May 2005; Nwosu, Maik. Children of the anthill: Nsukka and the shaping of Nigeria's 1960s literary generation, viewed March 3, 2023:2nd paragraph (Christopher Okigbo worked as a librarian at Nsukka, the main campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; later killed at nearby Opi during the Nigeria-Biafra war)
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1980-08-11: new
2023-03-04: revised
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