Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo (1932-08-16)16 August 1932 Ojoto, Anambra State, British Nigeria
Died
1967 (aged 34–35) Nsukka, Nigeria
Occupation
Writer
Education
Government College Umuahia; University College Ibadan
Genre
Drama, poetry
Subject
Comparative literature
Relatives
Pius Okigbo (brother)
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo (16 August 1932 – 1967) was a Nigerian poet, teacher, and librarian, who died fighting for the independence of Biafra. He is today widely acknowledged as an outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the 20th century.[1]
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