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.
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16 August 1930 Ojoto, Anambra State, Nigeria
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Died |
1967 (aged 36) Nsukka, Biafra
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Zodiac | Leo |
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