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Biography

Name: Okot p'Bitek
Birth Date: 1931
Death Date: 20 July 1982

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Biography of Okot p'Bitek
7,808 words, approx. 26 pages
When Okot p'Bitek surprised the world with Song of Lawino in 1966, he was recognized immediately as a major African poet. No other African writer-except possibly Christopher Okigbo of Nigeria—had made such an indelible impact with his first...
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Biography of Okot p'Bitek
6,425 words, approx. 21 pages
When Okot p'Bitek surprised the world with Song of Lawino in 1966, he was recognized immediately as a major African poet. No other African writer--except possibly Christopher Okigbo of Nigeria--had made such an indelible impact with his first volume of...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Okot p’Bitek Information
1,126 words, approx. 4 pages
Okot p'Bitek (1931 – July 20, 1982) was a Ugandan poet, who achieved wide international recognition for Song of Lawino, a long poem dealing with the tribulations of a rural African wife whose husband has taken up urban life and wishes everything...


News and Journals
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African Studies Quarterly
Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy for African Philosophy.(Book Review)
03/22/2005: 1,153 words, approx. 4 pages
Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy for African Philosophy. Samuel Oluoch Imbo. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002. 181 pp. Okot p'Bitek is among Africa's best known authors, although as Samuel Oluoch Imbo laments, "the full influence of his legacy has...
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Journal of Asian and African Studies
Samuel Oluoch Imbo (2002): Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy for African Philosophy.(Book Review)
06/01/2005: 1,088 words, approx. 4 pages
Samuel Oluoch Imbo (2002) Oral Traditions as Philosophy: Okot p'Bitek's Legacy for African Philosophy. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 204. ISBN 084769772X US$72.00 (hbk). In this well-written book Imbo correctly affirms that Africans do, indeed, have philosophies worth studying, even if they...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Jahan Ramazani
15,139 words, approx. 51 pages
In the following essay, Ramazani examines the complex relationship between anthropology and postcolonial literatures using p'Bitek's Songs.
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Critical Essay by Charles Okumu
11,232 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Okumu presents an overview of criticism on p'Bitek's poetry.
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Critical Essay by Ogo A. Ofuani
10,970 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following essay, Ofuani examines the effects of digression in p'Bitek's poetic monologues.
 


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